reave
- IPA[rēv]
美式
- carry out raids in order to plunder;rob (a person or place) of something by force
verb: reave, 3rd person present: reaves, gerund or present participle: reaving, past tense: reft, past participle: reft
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. archaic carry out raids in order to plunder the strong could reave and steal
- ▪ archaic rob (a person or place) of something by force reft of a crown, he yet may share the feast
- ▪ archaic steal (something).
- 更多解釋
- IPA[riːv]
英式
- carry out raids in order to plunder: the strong could reave and steal
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