reaving

English

Verb

reaving

1. present participle of reave

Noun

reaving (plural reavings)

1. An act of pillage or plunder.
   • 1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 3, page 426)

     It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself.

Anagrams

• Ginevra, avering, ingrave, vaginer, vinegar

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Middle English

Noun

reaving

1. Alternative form of revyng