Obs. [f. TO-2 + ME. reve, REAVE v.1] a. intr. To commit robbery or plunder. b. trans. To rob, plunder, deprive by violence of.
13[?]. Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS., xxxvii. 515. Wel wynnen he may, But Robbe ne to-reue Nouþer niht ne day.
1393. Langl., P. Pl., C. IV. 203. Religion hue [Law] al to-reueþ.
1563. Mirr. Mag., II. Induct. R j b. We sawe … pale death … to reve her of her breath.
