Advertisement
Advertisement
reave
1[ reev ]
verb (used with object)
- to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
reave
2[ reev ]
verb (used with or without object)
- Archaic. to rend; break; tear.
reave
1/ ː /
verb
- to carry off (property, prisoners, etc) by force
- trfoll byof to deprive; strip See also reive
reave
2/ ː /
verb
- archaic.to break or tear (something) apart; cleave
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of reave1
Origin of reave2
Example Sentences
With the Hundred Years' War against England came soldiers reaving and burning through the countryside, while the Black Death followed swiftly thereafter, striking Burgundy in 1348 and again, with even greater severity, in 1360.
And eventually, it bursts through, burning and reaving.
Like that time Gregor Clegane went reaving through the countryside before the war even started: It isn’t crazy to think millions died over the years.
Next week, the season finale: reaving, roving, and raiding.
Was the sequel originally going to be a prequel about Bala-Tik and the Guavian Death Gang’s early years of reaving in the outer rim territories?
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse