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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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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..

Orphan :: Orphan (n.) A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living..

Viduation :: Viduation (n.) The state of being widowed or bereaved; loss; bereavement.

Greaved :: Greaved (imp. & p. p.) of Greav.

Graves :: Graves (n. pl.) The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.

Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of..

Ochrea :: Ochrea (n.) A greave or legging.

Bereaved :: Bereaved (imp. & p. p.) of Bereav.

Unchild :: Unchild (v. t.) To bereave of children; to make childless.

Rafte :: Rafte () imp. of Reave.

Orbate :: Orbate (a.) Bereaved; fatherless; childless.

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..

Reaver :: Reaver (n.) One who reaves.

Reiver :: Reiver (n.) See Reaver.

Threave :: Threave (n.) Same as Thrave.

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..

Giambeux :: Giambeux (n. pl.) Greaves; armor for the legs.

Bereave :: Bereave (v. t.) To take away.

Unbereaven :: Unbereaven (a.) Unbereft.