reave
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(rēv) 
v. Archaic, reaved, or reft (rĕft), reav·ing, reaves. v.tr.
To rob, plunder, or pillage.
reave2 (rēv)
tr.v. Archaic, reaved, or reft (rĕft), reav·ing, reaves.
To break or tear apart.
v. Archaic, reaved, or reft (rĕft), reav·ing, reaves. v.tr.
- To seize and carry off forcibly.
- To deprive (one) of something; bereave.
To rob, plunder, or pillage.
[Middle English reven, to plunder, from Old English rēafian.]
reave2 (rēv)
tr.v. Archaic, reaved, or reft (rĕft), reav·ing, reaves.
To break or tear apart.
[Middle English reven, possibly alteration (influenced by reven, to plunder) of Old Norse rīfa, to rive.]
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Local name found on Dartmoor in southwestern England for low banks and walls, perhaps once capped with hedges, forming the boundaries of Bronze Age field systems. Such boundaries are typically 0.5–1.0m high and up to 2m across.
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