Lexic.us

Definition of Reeve

1. Noun. Female ruff.

2. Verb. Pass a rope through. "Reeve an opening"

3. Verb. Pass through a hole or opening. "Reeve a rope"

4. Verb. Fasten by passing through a hole or around something.

Definition of Reeve

1. n. The female of the ruff.

2. v. t. To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block, thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.

3. n. an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc.

Definition of Reeve

1. Noun. (historical) Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities. ¹

2. Noun. (Canada) The president of a township or municipal district council. ¹

3. Noun. (military historical) A (proposed) but (unadopted) commissioned (rank) of the Royal Air Force equivalent to (wing commander). ¹

4. Verb. (nautical) To pass a rope through a hole or opening, especially so as to fasten it. ¹

5. Noun. A female of the species ''Philomachus pugnax'', a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reeve

1. to fasten by passing through or around something [v REEVED or ROVE, ROVEN, REEVING, REEVES]

Medical Definition of Reeve

1. The female of the ruff. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reeve

reestimated reestimates reestimating reesting reests reesty reet reet canny reevaluate reevaluated

reevaluates reevaluating reevaluation reevaluations reevaporate reeve (current term) reeved reeves reevesite reeving

reevoke reevoked reevokes reevoking reevolve reexaminable reexamination reexaminations reexamine reexamined

Literary usage of Reeve

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1896)
"reeve translated De Tocqueville's ' Democracy in America,' the first part appearing in two volumes in 1830, the second in 1840; ..."

2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1913)
"Case of Jennie Brice. See Rinehart, Mary Roberts. Death house. AB reeve. ... AB reeve. 11. Cosmopol. 55: 676-88. O. '13. Supreme moments In detective ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by William Brown, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Great Britain Court of Chancery, Robert Belt (1820)
"On the 5th of April 1766, reeve ami partnership with Devonshire at Bristol, ... Devonshire and reeve live the house of Devonshire and reeve, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1872)
"reeve, Icon. sp. 3. 1846. Lord Hood's Islands. 38. C. PANAMENSIS, reeve, Icon. sp. 45. ... 8, 9. reeve, Icon. sp. 23. 1846. Isle of Cuna, Central America. ..."

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