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单词 reave
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Definition of reave in English:

reave

verbreft riːvriv
[no object]archaic
  • 1Carry out raids in order to plunder.

    〈古〉劫掠,劫走

    the strong could reave and steal
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To slink thro' slaps, an' reave an' steal, At stacks o' pease, or stocks o' kail!
    • As their gods were, so their laws were; Thor the strong could reave and steal.
    Synonyms
    plundering, plunder, looting, pillaging, robbing, robbery, raiding, ravaging, sacking, sack, ransacking, devastation, laying waste, wreckage, destruction, damage
    1. 1.1with object Rob (a person or place) of something by force.
      夺去(或剥夺)(某人,某处)的东西
      reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast

      他王冠被夺去了,但或许还可以分享宴会的快乐。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In silencing my power, I am reft of half my being!
      Synonyms
      divest, strip, rob, cheat out of, do out of, deprive, relieve, bereave
    2. 1.2with object Steal (something).
      偷窃(东西)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Go reave me some loots.
      • ‘What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee,’ said Pound.
      • Were you planning to escort me to my chambers, or have all your chivalrous faculties been reft from you?
      • Helen, symbolizing perfect beauty as produced by Greek art, is recalled from Hades and ardently pursued by Faust, but finally reft from him.
      Synonyms
      ransack, steal from, plunder, rob, raid, loot, rifle, sack
      steal, pilfer, thieve, rob, take, snatch, purloin, loot, rifle, abscond with, carry off

Derivatives

  • reaver

  • noun
    archaic
    • Not in our lands; these are claimed for one and one only, not reavers such as thee!
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As a mercenary and reaver he should not have any qualms as the gold trickled into his pockets, the gold of blood-letting.
      • The great-handed reaver felt a hot scar tear across his cheeks and the bitter salt-welling of blood whet his lips and nostrils.
      • What shall a young reaver do but spend his coins like the snake sips water?

Origin

Old English rēafian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch roven, German rauben, also to rob.

Rhymes

achieve, believe, breve, cleave, conceive, deceive, eve, greave, grieve, heave, interleave, interweave, khedive, leave, misconceive, naive, Neve, peeve, perceive, receive, reive, relieve, reprieve, retrieve, sheave, sleeve, steeve, Steve, Tananarive, Tel Aviv, thieve, underachieve, upheave, weave, we've, Yves

Definition of reave in US English:

reave

verbrēvriv
[no object]archaic
  • 1Carry out raids in order to plunder.

    〈古〉劫掠,劫走

    Example sentencesExamples
    • To slink thro' slaps, an' reave an' steal, At stacks o' pease, or stocks o' kail!
    • As their gods were, so their laws were; Thor the strong could reave and steal.
    Synonyms
    plundering, plunder, looting, pillaging, robbing, robbery, raiding, ravaging, sacking, sack, ransacking, devastation, laying waste, wreckage, destruction, damage
    1. 1.1with object Rob (a person or place) of something by force.
      夺去(或剥夺)(某人,某处)的东西
      reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast

      他王冠被夺去了,但或许还可以分享宴会的快乐。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In silencing my power, I am reft of half my being!
      Synonyms
      divest, strip, rob, cheat out of, do out of, deprive, relieve, bereave
    2. 1.2with object Steal (something).
      偷窃(东西)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Helen, symbolizing perfect beauty as produced by Greek art, is recalled from Hades and ardently pursued by Faust, but finally reft from him.
      • ‘What thou lov'st well shall not be reft from thee,’ said Pound.
      • Were you planning to escort me to my chambers, or have all your chivalrous faculties been reft from you?
      • Go reave me some loots.
      Synonyms
      ransack, steal from, plunder, rob, raid, loot, rifle, sack
      steal, pilfer, thieve, rob, take, snatch, purloin, loot, rifle, abscond with, carry off

Origin

Old English rēafian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch roven, German rauben, also to rob.

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