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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  reave
  (vt.)(vi.)剝奪,搶走

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Reave \Reave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaved}, {Reft}, or
     {Raft}(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]ubon to despoil, L. rumpere to break; cf. Skr. lup to
     break. [root]114. Cf. {Bereave}, {Rob}, v. t., {Robe},
     {Rove}, v. t., {Rupture}.]
     To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to
     rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. ``To reave his
     life.'' --Spenser.
  
           He golden apples raft of the dragon.     --Chaucer.
  
           By privy stratagem my life at home.      --Chapman.

資料來源(3): 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}]