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reaved | leaved |

As a verb reaved

is (reave).

As an adjective leaved is

having a leaf, leaves or folds; used mainly in combination with another word to form adjectives describing the number, form, colour, etc, of leaves.

reaved

English

Verb

(head)
  • (reave)

    • Anagrams

    * *

    reave

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) reven, from (etyl) 'to roughen', Sanskrit (term) 'to make suffer'). See (m) and (m).

    Alternative forms

    * reive

    Verb

  • (archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
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  • * 1997 , Lawrence R. Schehr, Rendering French Realism (ISBN 0804780161), page 18:
    • And I for one am not convinced of the innocence of the model: it is as if we let a criminal make up the law as he or she ambles along, reaving right and left.
    Derived terms
    * border reivers
    Related terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 2

    Alteration of rive by confusion with the above.

    Verb

  • (archaic) To split, tear, break apart.
    • Related terms
    * (l)

    leaved

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having a leaf, leaves or folds; used mainly in combination with another word to form adjectives describing the number, form, colour, etc, of leaves.

    • Synonyms

    * leafed

    Derived terms

    * alder-leaved * ash-leaved maple * cross-leaved * cut-leaved * broad-leaved * fig-leaved * five-leaved * four-leaved * hawkweed-leaved saxifrage * holly-leaved banksia * holly-leaved cherry * ivy-leaved * long-leaved * * narrow-leaved * nettle-leaved goosefoot * oak-leaved * red-leaved * rough-leaved * round-leaved * rue-leaved * silver-leaved * small-leaved * smooth-leaved * strawberry-leaved * thick-leaved * three-leaved * twin-leaved * two-leaved * unleaved * well-leaved

    See also

    * leafed

    Anagrams

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