Reave

Definition of Reave

Pronunciation: rēv

v. t.

1.

To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic].

[imp. & p. p. Reaved (rēvd), Reft (rĕft), or Raft (råft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaving.]

He golden apples raft of the dragon.

- Chaucer.

If the wooers reave
By privy stratagem my life at home.

- Chapman.

To reave the orphan of his patrimony.

- Shak.

The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue.

- Tennyson.

Related Words

deplume, despoil, displume, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rifle, strip, take

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