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[ reft ] / rɛft / SEE SYNONYMS FOR reft ON THESAURUS.COM
verba simple past tense and past participle of reave1. a simple past tense and past participle of reave2. Words nearby reftrefrigerator-freezer, refringence, refringent, Ref. Sp., Refsum's disease, reft, refudiate, refuel, refuge, refugee, refugee capital Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for reftHe then was reft of many woes who bore her in his heart so long a time, when he saw the lovely maid stand forth so glorious. The Nibelungenlied|Unknown His soul had been reft away into merciful dulness, somewhere outside his body. The Day of His Youth|Alice Brown A hand that taught what might be said in rhyme, That reft Chaucer the glory of his wit. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History|Henry Coppee The principal ally of king Virata in war, the cruel Kichaka reft of virtue is loved by both the king and the queen. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 4|Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Thy home, it is reft from thee; thy reputation, it is a scoff; thine honour, it is a ghost that shall haunt thee! Lucretia, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for reft
verba past tense and past participle of reave 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to reftcleft, split, branched, prorated, apart, asunder, incomplete, unattached, disunity, partite |