reive
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of reive
First recorded in 1860–65; variant of reave 1
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As kick-off approached, they roared and roared, fuelled by the hope of seeing their team pull off a remarkable shock and reive their qualifying hopes.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2023
For every cow I spared before In charity set free, If I may reach my hold once more I'll reive an honest three.
From The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition by Rudyard Kipling
“Tell her,” quoth he, “that I be going across seas to reive the Dons, and that I shall bring back to her a gold drinking-cup worthy of her oldest brew.”
From The Great Mogul by Louis Tracy
If that God gie the deil daurna reive.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
I won'er, now, could I conthrive to reive the top-cape off of this.
From Strangers at Lisconnel by Jane Barlow
During these bold and stirring times, characters were formed which remained long after reiving had ceased.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton
He had evidently, from what we learn of him, inherited all the reiving tendencies of his race.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
One of the Scotts of Buccleuch married a daughter of the house, which, on the principle of heredity, may help to explain the well-known reiving propensities of some branches of this famous clan.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
Ye needna ask whae Rob Roy is, the reiving lifter that he is—God forgie me!
From Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
"Umph!—why, fairly weighed, and Dutch weight, it might weigh down one provost's, four bailies', a town-clerk's, six deacons', besides stent-masters'"— "Ah, ye reiving villain!" interrupted Mr. Jarvie.
From Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
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