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Reeve   /riv/   Listen
Reeve

verb
(past rove; past part. rove or reeved)
1.
Pass a rope through.
2.
Pass through a hole or opening.
3.
Fasten by passing through a hole or around something.





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"Reeve" Quotes from Famous Books



... its stead. But the young men had their revenge; they not only made off with the flour, meal, and cakes without payment, but left the miller well trounced also.—Chaucer, Canterbury Tales ("The Reeve's Tale," 1388). ...
— Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama - A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 • E. Cobham Brewer
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Words linked to "Reeve" :   Philomachus pugnax, pass through, ruff


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