Reive

Word REIVE
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Definitions and meanings of "Reive"

What do we mean by reive?

To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.

To deprive (a person) of something through theft or violence.

To rob or plunder (Scottish) Also, the origin of the name for Reavers in Joss Whedon's Firefly and Serenity. Urban Dictionary

A disgusting individual who can sometimes be known as Apathy. Reiv (or Apathy) is one stinky individual who is just one huge burden to society. Urban Dictionary

Reiv is a person who is so annoying and dumb that you just don't want to associate yourself with one of those. In fact, you hate them so much that you tell everyone to not be a Reiv. Urban Dictionary

A set of computer related issues that only seem to affect a guy called Xavier. For example everyone in the team has Nvidia, but who has nvidia driver issues, you guessed it Xavier. Urban Dictionary

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The word "reive" in example sentences

The word 'reive' in the second verse, not to be confused with 'reef', means to draw cord through eyelet holes; implying perhaps that Johnny will be doing a new kind of sewing. " ❋ Unknown (1970)

And the Duke must reive an invitation out of courtesy. ❋ Westleigh, Sarah (1996)

My people have little enough, and the Karsites regularly reive away what little they have! ❋ Lackey, Mercedes (1988)

Then in a skirl o 'rage, her face working,' The foul things o 'the deep shall reive the flesh from ye in your death, and in your lives ye shall mourn for the quiet streams o' fresh water and the sight of green things growing -- and never, never, never get nigh them .... ' ❋ John Sillars (N/A)

And the lairds are as bad as the loons; for if they dinna bid them gae reive and harry, the deil a bit they forbid them; and they shelter them, or let them shelter themselves, in their woods and mountains, and strongholds, whenever the thing's dune. ❋ Unknown (1887)

I won'er, now, could I conthrive to reive the top-cape off of this. ❋ Jane Barlow (1887)

Doobtless sic bairnies hae to suffer frae the prood jeedgment o 'their fellow-men and women, but they may get muckle guid and little ill frae that -- a guid naebody can reive them o'. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

It is a bad practice to receive a present from those Indians as they are never Satisfied for what they reive in return if ten time the value of the articles they gave. ❋ Meriwether Lewis (1791)

These people are very fathless in Contracts; they frequently reive the merchindize in exchange for their horses and after ❋ Meriwether Lewis (1791)

Creek's are out lets from the Small Lake which reive their water from the Small Streems running from the high land - great many Pamey Stones on the Shore of various Sises the wind blew hard - Reed a man who went back to Camp for his knife has not joined us. we camped at a Beaver house on the L.S. one Buck Killed to day - ❋ Meriwether Lewis (1791)

- Those people are Durtey, Kind, pore, & extravigent pursessing national pride. not beggarley reive what is given with great pleasure, Live in worm houses large and built in an oxigon form forming ❋ Meriwether Lewis (1791)

- [From Hans] O2 is trying to reive sales of the Palm Pre in the UK. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And the lairds are as bad as the loons; for if they dinna bid them gae reive and harry, the deil a bit they forbid them; and they shelter them, or let them shelter themselves, in their woods and mountains, and strongholds, whenever the thing’s dune. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The [norse] vikings used to [reive] towns in what is now [Great Britain]. ❋ ~LL~ (2010)

The [idiot] Reiv is [really] doing @[everyone] ❋ The Man Who Speaks Facts (2019)

Don't be a [Reiv], [nobody] [likes] a [reiv]. ❋ The Man Who Speaks Facts (2019)

[Xavier] was not able to [push] his work yesterday because of [Reiv syndrome] ❋ The Real Baby Boy (2020)

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