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
He lay upon the floor of Hooven's house, bare to the waist, bandages of adhesive tape reeved about his abdomen and shoulder.
From The Octopus : A story of California by Frank Norris
The "stuff" was there, all of it, though the mass had been cut into quarters, three parts of it stowed in tea-flails, the fourth still reeved up in the hammock netting.
From Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris
"Did they have something with them, reeved up in a hammock—something that smelled sweet?"
From Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris
The device is affixed with three staples originally intended to be reeved through with leather thongs, although now bent over.
From American Military Insignia 1800-1851 by J. Duncan Campbell
