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REAVING
Verb
reaving
present participle of reave
Noun
reaving (plural reavings)
An act of pillage or plunder.
Anagrams
• Ginevra, Ingrave, avering, ingrave, vaginer, vinegar
Source: Wiktionary
REAVE
Reave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reaved, Reft (, or Raft ( (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaving.] Etym: [AS. reĆ”fian, from reĆ”f 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. birĆ”ubon 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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