UNREAVED

Etymology

Adjective

unreaved (not comparable)

(obsolete) Not torn, split, or parted.

Couldst thou think that a cottage not too strongly built, and standing so bleak in the very mouth of the winds, could for any long time hold tight and unreaved?

Source: Wiktionary


Un*reaved", a. Etym: [See Un- not, and, for -reaved, cf. Rive, and AS. reófan to break.]

Definition: Not torn, split, or parted; not torn to pieces. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

UNREAVE

Un*reave", v. t. Etym: [See Unreeve.]

Definition: To unwind; to disentangle; to loose. [Obs.] Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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