01 v. t. To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic].
imp. & p. p.
Reaved; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reaving
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To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic].obs.“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.