Definitions for reft

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Spelling: [reft]
IPA: /rɛft/

Reft is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in reft (efrt).

Definitions for reft

verb

  1. a simple past tense and past participle of reave1 .
  2. a simple past tense and past participle of reave2 .

verb (used with object)

  1. to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. Archaic. to rend; break; tear.

Origin of reft

before 900; Middle English reven, Old English rēafian; cognate with German rauben, Dutch roven to rob

Examples for reft

We are now to observe him reft of every admirer, every soother, every friend.

No children have we to lament, no wives to wail our fall; The traitor's and the spoiler's hand have reft our hearths of all.

The man was hers; and if she reft herself away from him, then she must die.

And this reft house is that the which he built, Lamented Jack!

And yet, I love you, and will grieve till the end that you should have been reft from me.

It's there, but 'reft of all its winsome roundness, and stiffening in the chill of death.

Yes, one by one, Lady Lesbia's illusions were reft from her.

He 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 bottom has been reft from the fishes and converted into fertile soil.

The horses started aside for fear, and he was reft of life and strength.

Word Value for reft
Scrable

7

Words with friends

7

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