Meaning

3 senses

  1. (archaic)To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.

    rauben

    гра́битьgrábitʹ, опустоша́тьopustošátʹ, разоря́тьrazorjátʹ

    грабуватиhrabuvaty, плюндруватиpljundruvaty, спустошуватиspustošuvaty

  2. (archaic)To deprive (a person) of something through theft or violence.

    позбавлятиpozbavljaty, відбиратиvidbyraty

  3. (archaic)To split, tear, break apart.

More definitions
  • steal goods; take as spoils

Translations

5 languages
Українська
to plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove:
to deprive (a person) of something through theft or violence.:
Русский
to plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove:
Deutsch
to plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove:

Origin

From Middle English reven, from Old English rēafian, from Proto-West Germanic *raubōn. Al

From Middle English reven, from Old English rēafian, from Proto-West Germanic *raubōn.

Alteration of rive by confusion with the above.

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Forms

reaves, reaving, reaved, reaved
Base formreave · to reave
3rd person singularreaves
Present participlereaving
Past simplereaved / reft
Past participlereaved / reft

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyreave
he, she, itreaves

Past simpleLesson

all personsreaved

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave reaved
he, she, ithas reaved

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill reave

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words
RelatedripB2robA2bereavereaverriveunreaved
Derivedborder reivertoreave

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
reassignreassignmentreassuranceC1reassureC1reawakenrebaterebelB2
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