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reeve

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5 lettersPronunciation /ɹiːv/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eeervStarts with REnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. fasten by passing through a hole or around something

Word 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.

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  • His first convert was the reeve of the city of Lincoln called Blæcca, ...
  • "Let the rope go," he says. With his other hand he reaches down and reeves the two turns from the stanchion.

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