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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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