reave

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Definition of reave in Turkish Turkish dictionary

REFT
(Osmanlı Dönemi) f. Gitmek, yürümek
REFT
(Osmanlı Dönemi) "Gitti" mânasında fiildir
reft
Gidiş, gelip gitme
English - English
To split, tear, break apart
To plunder, pillage, rob
{v} to take by stealth or violence
{f} snatch something away from someone; bereave (Archaic)
To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave
steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
[Archaic]
To break or tear apart
reve
reaver
{i} one who reaves; robber (Archaic)
reaver
One who reaves
reaves
third person singular of reave
reft
A past tense and a past participle of reave. A past tense and a past participle of reave
reft
past of reave or reive
reft
Bereft
reft
A chink; a rift
Turkish - English
reft
reave

    Turkish pronunciation

    riv

    Pronunciation

    /ˈrēv/ /ˈriːv/

    Etymology

    [ 'rEv ] (verb.) before 12th century. Old English rēafian, from rēaf 'spoil, booty', from reofan 'to tear, break', from Proto-Germanic *reubanan (compare Old Norse rjúfa), from Proto-Indo-European *reup- (compare Latin rumpere 'to break', Lithuanian rumpù, rùpti 'to roughen, become uneven', Sanskrit rúpyati 'to suffer great pain'). See more at rip, rob.

    Tenses

    reaving, reaved
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