REAVES

Etymology

A patronymic form of the occupational name Reeve.

Proper noun

Reaves

A surname.

Anagrams

• Seaver, Varese, as ever, averse, re-save, resave

Verb

reaves

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of reave

Anagrams

• Seaver, Varese, as ever, averse, re-save, resave

Source: Wiktionary


REAVE

Reave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reaved, Reft (, or Raft ( (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaving.] Etym: [AS. reÔfian, from reÔf spoil, plunder, clothing, reófan to break (cf. bireófan to deprive of); akin to G. rauben to rob, Icel. raufa to rob, rjufa to break, violate, Goth. birÔubon to despoil, L. rumpere to break; cf. Skr. lup to break. sq. root114. Cf. Bereave, Rob, v. t., Robe, Rove, v. t., Rupture.]

Definition: To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. "To reave his life." Spenser. He golden apples raft of the dragon. Chaucer. By privy stratagem my life at home. Chapman. To reave the orphan of his patrimony. Shak. The heaven caught and reft him of his tongue. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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