This week’s theme
Unusual verbs

This week’s words
pernoctate
desacralize
nuncupate
reeve
senesce

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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 12th century.

USAGE:

“Lines of a second pulley are reeved through blocks high on the foremast.”
Peter Matthiessen; Far Tortuga; Vintage Books; 1975.

“When a reeve said such words, in that tone of voice, a man had to obey.”
Kate Elliott; Spirit Gate; Tor; 2006.

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

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