Definitions for reaveriv
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
reave*riv(v.t.)reaved; reft, reav•ing.
to plunder; rob.
* Archaic..
Origin of reave:
bef. 900; ME reven, OE rēafian, c. D roven, G rauben to rob
reaveriv(v.t.; v.i.)reaved; reft, reav•ing.
Archaic. to rend; break; tear.
Origin of reave:
1550–60; appar. confusion of reave1 with rive
Princeton's WordNet
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray(verb)
steal goods; take as spoils
"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
Webster Dictionary
Reave(verb)
to take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]
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