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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Reave \Reave\ (r[=e]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reaved (r[=e]vd),
Reft (r[e^]ft), or Raft (r[.a]ft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Reaving.] [AS. re['a]fian, from re['a]f spoil, plunder,
clothing, re['o]fan to break (cf. bire['o]fan to deprive of);
akin to G. rauben to rob, Icel. raufa to rob, rj[=u]fa to
break, violate, Goth. bir['a]ub[=o]n to despoil, L. rumpere
to break; cf. Skr. lup to break. [root]114. Cf. Bereave,
Rob, v. t., Robe, Rove, v. i., Rupture.]
To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to
rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. ``To reave his
life.'' --Spenser.
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He golden apples raft of the dragon. --Chaucer.
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If the wooers reave
By privy stratagem my life at home. --Chapman.
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To reave the orphan of his patrimony. --Shak.
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The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue.
--Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Reft \Reft\ (r?ft), imp. & p. p. of Reave.
Bereft.
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Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn. --Heber.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Reft \Reft\, n.
A chink; a rift. See Rift. --Rom. of R.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Rift \Rift\, n. [Written also reft.] [Dan. rift, fr. rieve to
rend. See Rive.]
1. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a
fissure. --Spenser.
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2. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Rift \Rift\, n. [Written also reft.] [Dan. rift, fr. rieve to
rend. See Rive.]
1. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a
fissure. --Spenser.
2. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Reave \Reave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reaved, Reft, or
Raft(obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaving.] [AS. re['a]fian,
from re['a]f spoil, plunder, clothing, re['o]fan to break
(cf. bire['o]fan to deprive of); akin to G. rauben to rob,
Icel. raufa to rob, rj[=u]fa to break, violate, Goth.
bir['a]ubon to despoil, L. rumpere to break; cf. Skr. lup to
break. [root]114. Cf. Bereave, Rob, v. t., Robe,
Rove, v. t., Rupture.]
To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to
rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. ``To reave his
life.'' --Spenser.
He golden apples raft of the dragon. --Chaucer.
By privy stratagem my life at home. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Reft \Reft\ (r?ft), imp. & p. p. of Reave.
Bereft.
Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn. --Heber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Reft \Reft\, n.
A chink; a rift. See Rift. --Rom. of R.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
reave
v : steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
[syn: plunder, despoil, loot, strip, rifle, ransack,
pillage, foray]
[also: reft]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
reft
See reave
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
reft
n.
A chink; a rift.
vb.
(infl of en reave ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
reft
n.
A chink; a rift.
vb.
(infl of en reave ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
reft
n.
A chink; a rift.
vb.
(infl of en reave ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
reft
n.
A chink; a rift.
vb.
(infl of en reave ed-form)
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
reft /ɹˈɛft/
1. (bak.) reave.
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
reave的过去式及过去分词
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