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Definition of Reaved
1. reave [v] - See also: reave
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reaved
Literary usage of Reaved
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"But, like a ghastly gelt, whose wits are reaved, Ban forth iu hast with hideous
outcry. Which, when aa fearfull Amoret perceived, She staid not th' utmost ..."
2. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"There, having reaved much corn, they lade their ships. Was, in these Summer days,
cursed of all Britons, Forsaken of all gods, ..."
3. A Dictionary for Primary Schools by Noah Webster (1838)
"... prep, and ado. under. reaved, bereft, to deprive, to Bell, vi to grow like a
bell. Bell'-flow-er, л. a genus of Bell'-found-er,n.one who casts ..."
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