reave

verb (used with object), reaved or reft, reav·ing. Archaic.

1. to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.

verb (used with or without object), reaved or reft, reav·ing.

1. Archaic. to rend; break; tear.

verb reaves, reaving, reaved or reft (rɛft) archaic

1. to carry off (property, prisoners, etc) by force
2. (tr foll by of) to deprive; stripSee also reive

verb reaves, reaving, reaved or reft (rɛft)

1. archaic to break or tear (something) apart; cleave

v.

Old English reafian “to rob (something from someone), plunder, pillage,” from Proto-Germanic *raubjon (cf. Old Frisian ravia, Middle Dutch roven, Dutch rooven, Old High German roubon, German rauben), from PIE *reup- “to snatch” (see rip (v.)). Related: Reaved; reaving.