English
Alternative spellings
reive
Pronunciation
IPA|/ri:v/
Etymology 1
OE. term|reafian|rēafian
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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