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reave的过去式及过去分词

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reave \Reave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaved}, {Reft}, or
   {Raft}(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]ubon to despoil, L. rumpere to break; cf. Skr. lup to
   break. [root]114. Cf. {Bereave}, {Rob}, v. t., {Robe},
   {Rove}, v. t., {Rupture}.]
   To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to
   rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. ``To reave his
   life.'' --Spenser.

         He golden apples raft of the dragon.     --Chaucer.

         By privy stratagem my life at home.      --Chapman.

Reft \Reft\ (r?ft), imp. & p. p. of {Reave}.
   Bereft.

         Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn. --Heber.

Reft \Reft\, n.
   A chink; a rift. See {Rift}. --Rom. of R.

资料来源 : WordNet®

reave
     v : steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
         looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
         [syn: {plunder}, {despoil}, {loot}, {strip}, {rifle}, {ransack},
          {pillage}, {foray}]
     [also: {reft}]

reft
     See {reave}
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