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
Doobtless sic bairnies hae to suffer frae the prood jeedgment o' their fellow-men and women, but they may get muckle guid and little ill frae that—a guid naebody can reive them o'.
From Salted with Fire by MacDonald, George
I won'er, now, could I conthrive to reive the top-cape off of this.
From Strangers at Lisconnel by Barlow, Jane
“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 Tracy, Louis
If that God gie the deil daurna reive.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
The Scotts and Kers and Elliots—names intimately associated with Border reiving in all its phases—have long held a foremost place in the political and social life of the country.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert
He was determined, however, at all hazards to suppress Border reiving.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Borland, Robert
"But, father," interrupted Jenny, "they say the twa reiving loons drave the cow frae the gudewife o' Bell's-moor, just because she gaed to hear a field-preaching ae Sabbath afternoon."
From Old Mortality, Volume 1. by Scott, Walter, Sir
It is true their reiving partook now somewhat more of the nature of horse-stealing pure and simple.
From Stories of the Border Marches by Lang, Jeanie
Ye needna ask whae Rob Roy is, the reiving lifter that he is—God forgie me!
From Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
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