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Reaving
(gcide) | Reave \Reave\ (r[=e]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reaved (r[=e]vd),
Reft (r[e^]ft), or Raft (r[.a]ft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Reaving.] [AS. re['a]fian, from re['a]f spoil, plunder,
clothing, re['o]fan to break (cf. bire['o]fan to deprive of);
akin to G. rauben to rob, Icel. raufa to rob, rj[=u]fa to
break, violate, Goth. bir['a]ub[=o]n to despoil, L. rumpere
to break; cf. Skr. lup to break. [root]114. Cf. Bereave,
Rob, v. t., Robe, Rove, v. i., Rupture.]
To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to
rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. "To reave his life."
--Spenser.
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He golden apples raft of the dragon. --Chaucer.
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If the wooers reave
By privy stratagem my life at home. --Chapman.
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To reave the orphan of his patrimony. --Shak.
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The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue.
--Tennyson.
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Bereaving
(gcide) | Bereave \Be*reave"\ (b[-e]*r[=e]v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Bereaved (b[-e]*r[=e]vd"), Bereft (b[-e]*r[e^]ft"); p.
pr. & vb. n. Bereaving.] [OE. bireven, AS. bere['a]fian.
See Be-, and Reave.]
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1. To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before
the person or thing taken away.
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Madam, you have bereft me of all words. --Shak.
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Bereft of him who taught me how to sing. --Tickell.
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2. To take away from. [Obs.]
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All your interest in those territories
Is utterly bereft you; all is lost. --Shak.
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3. To take away. [Obs.]
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Shall move you to bereave my life. --Marlowe.
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Note: The imp. and past pple. form bereaved is not used in
reference to immaterial objects. We say bereaved or
bereft by death of a relative, bereft of hope and
strength.
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Syn: To dispossess; to divest.
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Greaving
(gcide) | Greave \Greave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Greaved (gr[=e]vd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Greaving.] [From Greaves.] (Naut.)
To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.
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