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
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 George MacDonald
If that God gie the deil daurna reive.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Alexander Hislop
“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
In a history of Border reiving such side-lights as the ballads afford may be profitably utilized.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
These reiving caterans are ever on the move.
From Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower by Ralph Peacock
And his reiving was carried on in no paltry or insignificant fashion.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
They seem to have possessed a rare genius for reiving.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
But, notwithstanding the removal of these lawless men from the Borders, it was found that those who had been left at home were either unwilling or unable to abandon their reiving habits.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
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