Reft

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reave \Reave\ (r[=e]v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaved} (r[=e]vd),
     {Reft} (r[e^]ft), or {Raft} (r[.a]ft) (obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Reaving}.] [AS. re['a]fian, from re['a]f spoil, plunder,
     clothing, re['o]fan to break (cf. bire['o]fan to deprive of);
     akin to G. rauben to rob, Icel. raufa to rob, rj[=u]fa to
     break, violate, Goth. bir['a]ub[=o]n to despoil, L. rumpere


     to break; cf. Skr. lup to break. [root]114. Cf. {Bereave},
     {Rob}, v. t., {Robe}, {Rove}, v. i., {Rupture}.]
     To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to
     rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. "To reave his life."
     --Spenser.
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           He golden apples raft of the dragon.     --Chaucer.
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           If the wooers reave
           By privy stratagem my life at home.      --Chapman.
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           To reave the orphan of his patrimony.    --Shak.
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           The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reft \Reft\ (r?ft), imp. & p. p. of {Reave}.
     Bereft.
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           Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn. --Heber.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Reft \Reft\, n.
     A chink; a rift. See {Rift}. --Rom. of R.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rift \Rift\, n. [Written also {reft}.] [Dan. rift, fr. rieve to
     rend. See {Rive}.]
     1. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a
        fissure. --Spenser.
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     2. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reave
       v : steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
           looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
           [syn: {plunder}, {despoil}, {loot}, {strip}, {rifle}, {ransack},
            {pillage}, {foray}]
       [also: {reft}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  reft
       See {reave}