- 1. v. i. To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic] Source: opted
- 2. v. steal goods; take as spoils Source: wordnet
- 3. To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. "To reave his life." Spenser. He golden apples raft of the dragon. Chaucer. By privy stratagem my life at home. Chapman. To reave the orphan of his patrimony. Shak. The heaven caught and reft him of his tongue. Tennyson. Source: webster
- 4. To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob;to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. "To reave his life." Spenser.He golden apples raft of the dragon. Chaucer.By privy stratagem my life at home. Chapman.To reave the orphan of his patrimony. Shak.The heaven caught and reft him of his tongue. Tennyson. Source: adambom
- 5. v steal goods; take as spoils Source: ecdict
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