reive
[ reev ]
verb (used with or without object),reived, reiv·ing.Chiefly Scot.
to rob; plunder.
Origin of reive
1First recorded in 1860–65; variant of reave1
Other words from reive
- reiver, noun
Words Nearby reive
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How to use reive in a sentence
I won'er, now, could I conthrive to reive the top-cape off of this.
Strangers at Lisconnel | Barlow Jane
British Dictionary definitions for reive
reive
/ (riːv) /
verb
(intr) Scot and Northern English dialect to go on a plundering raid
Origin of reive
1variant of reave 1
Derived forms of reive
- reiver, noun
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