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toreave

toreave verb: to take away or remove completely.

Verb

toreave (third-person singular simple present toreaves, present participle toreaving, simple past and past participle toreft or toreaved)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To take away or remove completely.

Forms of toreave

third-person singular presenttoreaves
present participletoreaving
past participletoreft
pasttoreft
past participletoreaved
pasttoreaved

Origin of toreave

From Middle English toreven, equivalent to to- + reave.

Questions about toreave

What does toreave mean?
Toreave means to take away or remove completely.
What part of speech is toreave?
Toreave is a verb.
What is the past tense of toreave?
The past tense of toreave is toreft.

Words near toreave in the dictionary

  1. toreador
  2. toreador pants
  3. toreadores
  4. toreadors
  5. Toreatae
  6. toreave
  7. Torelli
  8. Torellis
  9. Torello
  10. Torellos
  11. torelon

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