Unreaved

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Not torn, split, or parted. not-comparable, obsolete
"Couldst thou think that a cottage not too strongly built, and standing so bleak in the very mouth of the winds, could for any long time hold tight and unreaved?"

Example

"Couldst thou think that a cottage not too strongly built, and standing so bleak in the very mouth of the winds, could for any long time hold tight and unreaved?"

Etymology

See un- (“not”), and compare rive.

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