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This week’s words
antre
reeve
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PRONUNCIATION:

(reev)

MEANING:

verb tr.: To pass (a rope or the like) through.
noun: A local official.

ETYMOLOGY:

For verb: Of uncertain origin. Earliest documented use: 1600.
For noun: From Old English gerefa (high official). Earliest documented use: before the 12th century.

USAGE:

“Bill and his crew were reeving new cordage to replace the ropes stretched and frayed by the enormous pressures encountered during the recent storm.”
Robert J. Joseph; Worlds Apart; FriesenPress; 2020.

“His father ran a sod farm and served as a reeve on the local council.”
Jonny Wakefield; Glitter Eggs & Toy Guns; Edmonton Journal (Canada); Aug 15, 2020.

See more usage examples of reeve in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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