reaving

English

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Verb

reaving

  1. present participle and gerund of reave

Noun

reaving (plural reavings)

  1. An act of pillage or plunder.
    • 1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 3, page 426:
      It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself.

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Middle English

Noun

reaving

  1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of revynge
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