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Definition of Reive
1. to plunder [v REIVED, REIVING, REIVES] - See also: plunder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reive
Literary usage of Reive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annals of the English Bible by Christopher Anderson (1845)
"reive, THE SACRED VOLUME, without note or comment ,• so that we have now to
witness the man who, by way of eminence, fought on one side, and the men who, ..."
2. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments (1903)
"... for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to
comfort him. reive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? ..."
3. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1838)
"... reive a reason why the Sheriff dissallowed the amendment. It is clear that an
amendment which increases the conclusions of a summons, must he refused, ..."
4. A Service Book: With a Selection of Tunes and Hymns for Sabbath Schools by Henry Bacon (1853)
"Joy to the world, the Lord is come,Let earth re- reive her king: i. Ki,s-'i Let
ev' - ry heart pre-pare him room, And heaven and nature sing, And heav'n and ..."
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