Reave
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹiËv/Rhymes: -iËv
Origin 1
Alternative forms
Middle English reven, from Old English rÄ“afian, from Proto-Germanic *raubÅnÄ… (compare West Frisian rave, German rauben, Danish røve), from *raubÅ (compare Old English rÄ“af 'spoils, booty'), from *reufanÄ… 'to tear' (compare Old English past participle rofen 'torn, broken', Norwegian rjuva), from Proto-Indo-European *Hréup-e/o- (compare Latin rumpere ("to break"), Lithuanian rùpti 'to roughen', Sanskrit ropayati 'to make suffer'). See rob.
Full definition of reave
Verb
- (archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
- 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked, Few of the chroniclers of Nero’s reign have been accurate when relating the situation that obtained between the Emperor and his mother from the time when, reft of her German and Pannonian guards, she lived in a more or less solitary rage on one estate or another.
Derived terms
Origin 2
Alteration of rive by confusion with the above.