reeve
noun
an administrative officer of a town or district.
reeved
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past participleof reeve.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof reeve.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
reevenounan administrative officer of a town or district.
Example Sentences
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Thirty-one inches above the headpiece is a pulley reeved with a rope with handles on one end, ankle straps on the other.
From Time Magazine Archive
While all this was going on a deckhand had reeved a block and tackle through the end of the cargo gaff and passed it to the winch.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Gordon Grant
When time permitted he made many experiments with ropes reeved through the pulley and attached to a rifle action.
From The Wings of the Morning by Louis Tracy
It was reeved through an iron ring that jutted from the stone.
From The Caves of Fear by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
On the drawers was the bonnet, which was of reeved crape made upon wire, and not one at all suited for a careless girl; but it was made by a milliner at Plymouth.
From The Fairchild Family by Florence M. Rudland
