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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REFT, pp. of reave.
1. Deprived; bereft. [Not in use.]
2. pret. of reave. Took away. [Not in use.]
REFT, n. A chink. [See rift.]

Merriam Webster's

past of reave

Oxford Reference Dictionary

past part. of REAVE.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reft Reft (r?ft), imp. & p. p. of Reave. Bereft. Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn. --Heber.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Reft Reft, n. A chink; a rift. See Rift. --Rom. of R.