English
Alternative spellings
reive
Pronunciation
IPA|/ri:v/
Etymology 1
OE. term|reafian|r�afian
Verb
en-verb|reaves|reaving|reaved or reft
- archaic To plunder, pillage, rob.
#:*1985, Few of the chroniclers of Nero�s reign have been accurate when relating the situation that obtained between the Emperor and his mother from the time when, reft of her German and Pannonian guards, she lived in a more or less solitary rage on one estate or another. � Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
Derived terms
border reivers
Etymology 2
Alteration of rive by confusion with the above.
Verb
en-verb|reaves|reaving|reft
- archaic To split, tear, break apart.
te:reave
vi:reave
zh:reave
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