reive
[ reev ]
/ riv /
verb (used with or without object), reived, reiv·ing.Chiefly Scot.
to rob; plunder.
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Origin of reive
First recorded in 1860–65; variant of reave1
OTHER WORDS FROM reive
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British Dictionary definitions for reive
reive
/ (riːv) /
verb
(intr) Scot and Northern English dialect to go on a plundering raid
Derived forms of reive
reiver, nounWord Origin for reive
variant of reave 1
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