Reft
//ɹɛft// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A chink; a rift.
"If thou mayest finde any shore, Or hole , or reft , what ever it were"
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of reave form-of, participle, past
Example
More examples"There, reft of arms, poor Troilus, rash to dare / Achilles, by his horses dragged amain, / hangs from his empty chariot. Neck and hair / trail on the ground; his hand still grasps the rein; / the spear inverted scores the dusty plain."
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