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

reiv·er, noun

Words nearby reive

reit, reiter's syndrome, reiterant, reiterate, reith, reive, reject, rejectamenta, rejectee, rejection, rejection region

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Example sentences from the Web for reivers

Reivers laughed a laugh so ghastly that it might have come from a bare skull.
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Reivers voice in no way admitted that anything startling had occurred.
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Suddenly there came to Reivers ears the sound of running water, the lazy murmur of a small brook.
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Straight into it, without pausing or swerving, Reivers had run on.
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The savagery at the root of Reivers character was coming to the top.
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British Dictionary definitions for reivers

reive

/ (riːv) /

verb

(intr) Scot and Northern English dialect to go on a plundering raid

Derived forms of reive

reiver, noun

Word Origin for reive

variant of reave 1

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