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 George MacDonald
“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
I won'er, now, could I conthrive to reive the top-cape off of this.
From Strangers at Lisconnel by Jane Barlow
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
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
In the old days it was a reiving centre of notoriety.
From In the Border Country by W. S.
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
That this feeling had something to do with the existence and development of the reiving system, must be apparent to every student of history and of human nature.
From Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland
Percival Reed would have to get his leave, or it was all up with reiving in Redesdale.
From Stories of the Border Marches by Jeanie Lang
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