to reft
- verb
- /rɛft/
- Archaic
:
despojar
- The conquerors reft the villagers of their harvest and left them with nothing.
Examples
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In the old tale, the hero was reft of his sword by a cunning thief.
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The storm reft the ship of its sails, leaving it adrift at sea.
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They were reft of their possessions after the flood.
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The villagers felt reft of their rights.
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The conquerors reft the villagers of their harvest and left them with nothing.
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In the old tale, the hero was reft of his sword by a cunning thief.
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The storm reft the ship of its sails, leaving it adrift at sea.
Synonyms
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1.0
Take something that does not belong to you without permission
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3.2
To take something important away from someone or stop them having it
48
5.1
Take away someone's possessions, rights, or honours
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8.4
To take away someone's land or home so they no longer own it
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8.4
Steal something from someone in a secret way
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6.6
To take someone else's ideas or work and use them as your own without permission
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8.7
To force something away from someone after a struggle
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9.3
Steal valuable things and damage a place or person, often by force
2
7.6
To attack a place and take valuable things, often destroying it
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6.1
Damage a place by force and take or destroy its things
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9.9
To take things by force from people or places, often as loot during war
To take things and damage a place using force, often by people
To take away someone's honors or titles
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Etymology
Reft as a verb comes from the same old verb meaning 'to take away' or 'rob' and was used in an old-fashioned way to say something was taken from someone. That's why to reft (archaic) someone or something is to deprive them by taking it away.