Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Reft"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rift \Rift\, n. [Written also {reft}.] [Dan. rift, fr. rieve to
rend. See {Rive}.]
1. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a
fissure. --Spenser.
2. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reave \Reave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Reaved}, {Reft}, or
{Raft}(obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Reaving}.] [AS. re['a]fian,
from re['a]f spoil, plunder, clothing, re['o]fan to break
(cf. bire['o]fan to deprive of); akin to G. rauben to rob,
Icel. raufa to rob, rj[=u]fa to break, violate, Goth.
bir['a]ubon to despoil, L. rumpere to break; cf. Skr. lup to
break. [root]114. Cf. {Bereave}, {Rob}, v. t., {Robe},
{Rove}, v. t., {Rupture}.]
To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to
rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic]. ``To reave his
life.'' --Spenser.
He golden apples raft of the dragon. --Chaucer.
By privy stratagem my life at home. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reft \Reft\ (r?ft), imp. & p. p. of {Reave}.
Bereft.
Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn. --Heber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reft \Reft\, n.
A chink; a rift. See {Rift}. --Rom. of R.
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