reave noun. [ri:v, reɪv] M19.
[Origin uncertain: perh. from REW noun.]
Archaeology. A long low bank or wall found on Dartmoor.

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reave verb¹. [ri:v] arch. Also (esp. Scot.) reive. Pa. t. & pple reaved, (esp. Scot.) reived, reft [rɛft].
[Old English rēafian = Old Frisian rāv
i. a, Old Saxon rōƀon (Dutch rooven), Old High German roubōn (German rauben), Gothic -raubōn, from Germanic base also of ROB verb. Cf. REAVE verb².]
1. verb intrans. Make raids, plunder, pillage. Now chiefly Scot. OE.

2. verb trans. Deprive or rob (a person, a place) of something by force. Long only foll. by of. Also (now rare or obsolete) with double obj. OE.
■ V. Woolf A soul reft of body.

3. verb trans. Take forcible possession of (something belonging to another), steal. Also foll. by away, from. OE.
■ E. Bowen The..property of the landlords had been reft from its..owners.
b. fig. Take away (life, sight, etc.). ME.

4. verb trans. Take a person away (from). ME.
■ Shelley Wretched slaves, Who from their..native land Are reft.
b. Deliver or rescue by carrying off. ME-M17.
c. Snatch up. Scot. M16-E18.

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reave verb². [ri:v] arch. Pa. t. & pple reft [rɛft]. ME.
[Alt. of RIVE verb by confusion with REAVE verb¹ Cf. REFT noun.]
1. verb trans. Tear; split. ME.
Pall Mall Gazette The rock was reft asunder.

2. verb intrans. Burst. ME-M16.

3. verb trans. Pull up. LME-M16.

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