*reav*

adj. mourning due to the death of a loved one.
Syn. -- bereft, grief-stricken, grieving, mourning(prenominal), sorrowing(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bereaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A grove. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. grees; cf. Sp. grevas. ] Armor for the leg below the knee; -- usually in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Greaved p. pr. & vb. n. Greaving. ] [ From Greaves. ] (Naut.) To clean (a ship's bottom); to grave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Cf. dial. Sw. grevar greaves, LG. greven, G. griebe, also AS. greofa pot. Cf. Gravy. ] The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings. [ Written also graves. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reaved Reft or Raft obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Reaving. ] [ AS. reáfian, from reáf spoil, plunder, clothing, reófan to break (cf. bireófan to deprive of); akin to G. rauben to rob, Icel. raufa to rob, rjūfa to break, violate, Goth. biráubōn to despoil, L. rumpere to break; cf. Skr. lup to break. √114. Cf. Bereave, Rob, v. t., Robe, Rove, v. i., Rupture. ] To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [ Archaic ]. “To reave his life.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

He golden apples raft of the dragon. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the wooers reave
By privy stratagem my life at home. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

To reave the orphan of his patrimony. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reaves. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Thrave. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unbereft. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Unreeve. ] To unwind; to disentangle; to loose. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]