reave
Reave (verb) means to plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
Etymology
From Middle English reven, from Old English rēafian, from Proto-West Germanic *raubōn. Germanic cognates include West Frisian rave, Old English rēaf (“spoils, booty”)), and Old English past participle rofen (“torn, broken”), Norwegian rjuva, German rauben, Danish røve, and Swedish röva. Outside of Germanic, related to Latin rumpō (“to break”), Lithuanian rùpti (“to roughen”), Sanskrit रोपयति (ropayati, “to make suffer”)). See rob and reif.
Rhymes for reave
See all rhymes for reave →Frequently asked questions
What is the meaning of reave?
"reave" (verb) means to plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
What are the different meanings of reave?
"reave" has 2 main meanings: 1. To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove; 2. To deprive (a person) of something through theft or violence.