reave - meaning and definition. What is reave
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Reave         
  • A reave below White Tor, west Dartmoor
LONG AND GENERALLY STRAIGHT BOUNDARY WALL MADE OF STONE THAT WAS BUILT DURING THE BRONZE AGE, FOUND IN DARTMOOR, ENGLAND
·vi To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to Rob; to Despoil; to bereave. [Archaic].
reave         
  • A reave below White Tor, west Dartmoor
LONG AND GENERALLY STRAIGHT BOUNDARY WALL MADE OF STONE THAT WAS BUILT DURING THE BRONZE AGE, FOUND IN DARTMOOR, ENGLAND
[ri:v]
¦ verb (past and past participle reft r?ft) archaic carry out raids; plunder.
?rob (someone) of something by force.
?steal (something).
Derivatives
reaver noun
Origin
OE reafian, of Gmc origin, related to rob.
Reaved      
·Impf & ·p.p. of Reave.

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Reave