reive

[ reev ]

verb (used with or without object),reived, reiv·ing.Chiefly Scot.
  1. to rob; plunder.

Origin of reive

1
First recorded in 1860–65; variant of reave1

Other words from reive

  • reiver, noun

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How to use reive in a sentence

  • Reivers, with a laugh, thrust him off and kicked him out of the way.

    The Snow-Burner | Henry Oyen
  • I know, interrupted Reivers; and he told how he had disposed of the kidnapper.

    The Snow-Burner | Henry Oyen
  • Somehow he had the sensation that Reivers will and his own had leaped to a grapple.

    The Snow-Burner | Henry Oyen
  • She had called him a decent boy; she spoke of Reivers as a gentleman.

    The Snow-Burner | Henry Oyen
  • Mr. Reivers never breaks his word, and hes promisedyou heard him, you say?

    The Snow-Burner | Henry Oyen

British Dictionary definitions for reive

reive

/ (riːv) /


verb
  1. (intr) Scot and Northern English dialect to go on a plundering raid

Origin of reive

1
variant of reave 1

Derived forms of reive

  • reiver, noun

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