Defn: 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.
To reave the orphan of his patrimony. Shak.
The heaven caught and reft him of his tongue. Tennyson.
REAVER
Reav"er, n.
Defn: One who reaves. [Archaic]
REAWAKE
Re`a*wake", v. i.
Defn: To awake again.
REBANISH
Re*ban"ish, v. t.
Defn: To banish again.
REBAPTISATION; REBAPTIZATION Re*bap`ti*sa"tion, Re*bap`ti*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. rebaptisation.]
Defn: A second baptism. [Obs.] Hooker.
REBAPTISM
Re*bap"tism, n.