Definition of reave

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Reave (v. i.) To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic.

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Mourning :: Mourning (a.) Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like..
Bereavement :: Bereavement (n.) The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death..
Bereaved :: Bereaved (imp. & p. p.) of Bereav.
Giambeux :: Giambeux (n. pl.) Greaves; armor for the legs.
Disconsolate :: Disconsolate (v. t.) Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent..
Orphan :: Orphan (n.) A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living..
Bereft :: Bereft () imp. & p. p. of Bereave.
Grave :: Grave (v. t.) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose..
Unreave :: Unreave (v. t.) To unwind; to disentangle; to loose.
Greave :: Greave (n.) Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural.
Unbereaven :: Unbereaven (a.) Unbereft.
Greaved :: Greaved (imp. & p. p.) of Greav.
Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark..
Unreaved :: Unreaved (a.) Not torn, split, or parted; not torn to pieces..
Rafte :: Rafte () imp. of Reave.
Reve :: Reve (v. t.) To reave.
Ochrea :: Ochrea (n.) A greave or legging.
Graves :: Graves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.
Greave :: Greave (v. t.) To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave.
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