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reave
English
Alternative forms
- reive, rieve (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?v/
- Rhymes: -i?v
- Homophone: reeve
Etymology 1
From Middle English reven, from Old English r?afian, from Proto-West Germanic *raub?n.
Germanic cognates include West Frisian rave, Old English r?af (“spoils, booty”)), and Old English past participle rofen (“torn, broken”), Norwegian rjuva, German rauben, Danish røve, and Swedish röva. Outside of Germanic, related to Latin rumpere (“to break”), Lithuanian rùpti (“to roughen”), Sanskrit ?????? (ropayati, “to make suffer”)). See rob and reif.
Verb
reave (third-person singular simple present reaves, present participle reaving, simple past and past participle reaved or reft)
- (archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
- (archaic) To deprive (a person) of something through theft or violence.
Derived terms
- border reiver
Related terms
- bereave
- reaver
- rip
- rob
Translations
Etymology 2
Alteration of rive by confusion with the above.
Verb
reave (third-person singular simple present reaves, present participle reaving, simple past and past participle reft)
- (archaic) To split, tear, break apart.
Related terms
- rive
- unreaved
Middle English
Verb
reave
- Alternative form of reven
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seave
English
Etymology
From Old Norse sef, whence also Danish siv, Icelandic sef and Swedish säv (“club-rush”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -i?v
Noun
seave (plural seaves)
- (Britain, dialect) A rush (the plant).
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- (Britain, dialect) A wick made from this plant.
Derived terms
- seavy
References
Anagrams
- Eaves, eaves
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