reive

[ reev ]

/ riv /

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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

reiver, noun

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How to use reive in a sentence

Reivers, with a laugh, thrust him off and kicked him out of the way.
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I know, interrupted Reivers; and he told how he had disposed of the kidnapper.
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Somehow he had the sensation that Reivers will and his own had leaped to a grapple.
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She had called him a decent boy; she spoke of Reivers as a gentleman.
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Mr. Reivers never breaks his word, and hes promisedyou heard him, you say?
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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, noun

Word Origin for reive

variant of reave 1

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