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Reave   /riv/   Listen
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Reave  v. t.  (past & past part. reft; pres. part. reaving)  To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. (Archaic). "To reave his life." "He golden apples raft of the dragon." "If the wooers reave By privy stratagem my life at home." "To reave the orphan of his patrimony." "The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue."






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"Reave" Quotes from Famous Books



... lords, if ever, show your honours now. Those proud, usurping Spanish tyrants come, To reave from you what most you do regard: To take away your credit and your fame: To raze and spoil our right-renowned town; And if you Love or Lucre do regard, Or have of Conscience any kind of care, The world shall witness by this action; And of the love that you to us ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VI • Robert Dodsley

... of foot as is the pretty roe, Roe swift of pace: When yelping hounds pursue her to and fro, Hounds fierce in chase To reave her life. ...
— Tudor and Stuart Love Songs • Various



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