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reeve

UK/ɹiːv/ US/ˈriv/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (3)

noun

1.

verb

1.

pass a rope through

  • “reeve an opening”
2.

pass through a hole or opening

  • “reeve a rope”
3.

Origin

From Middle English reve, from Old English rēfa, an aphetism of ġerēfa (also grœ̄fa), from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō (“officer, official”). Compare Danish greve, Swedish greve, Dutch graaf, German Graf. The role, and eventually the word, was mostly replaced by bailiff, of Anglo-Norman origin.

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