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. reƔfian, from reƔf spoil, plunder,
clothing, reĆ³fan to break (cf. bireĆ³fan to deprive of); akin to G.
rauben to rob, Icel. raufa to rob, rjufa to break, violate, Goth.
birƔubon 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