| 单词 | to rug and reave |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rug and reave ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > commit depredation [verb (intransitive)] reaveOE preyc1325 pillc1390 spoilc1400 spreathc1425 rive1489 poinda1500 to rug and reavea1500 to pill and poll1528 pilfer1548 fleece1575 plunder1642 spulyie1835 a1500 Anc. Sc. Prophecy in J. R. Lumby Bernadus de Cura (1870) 20 Then sall vakne vp a were,..When the bernys of the rawme ruggis & revys..And the pure pepill salbe spoyled full nere. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. x. 53 Best likis ws all tyme to rug and reyf, To drive away the spreith, and tharon leyf. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 323 Thay began to rug and reiue, stryk and stick ilk vther. < as lemmas |
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