| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| reave2 |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  r v |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: reaved or reft ( r ft), reav·ing, reaves
Archaic To break or tear apart. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English reven, possibly alteration (influenced by reven, to plunder) of Old Norse r fa, to rive.
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