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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), reaved or reft, reav·ing.
Archaic. to rend; break; tear.
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME; appar. special use of reave1 (by assoc. with rive)]
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–verb (used with object), reaved or reft, reav·ing. Archaic.
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME reven, OE réafian; c. G rauben, D roven to rob]
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