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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

To reave.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

Noun.

[See

An officer, steward, or governor.

[Usually written

reeve

[Obs.]

Piers Plowman.

Noun.

The bailiff of a franchise or manor. It is usually written reve.

See also: reve, rêve, rêvé, and revê

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