Reft

//ɹɛft// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A chink; a rift.

    "If thou mayest finde any shore, Or hole , or reft , what ever it were"

Verb
  1. 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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