reave1

[reev] /riv/
verb (used with object), reaved or reft, reaving. Archaic.
1.
to take away by or as by force; plunder; rob.
Origin
before 900; Middle English reven, Old English rēafian; cognate with German rauben, Dutch roven to rob

reave2

[reev] /riv/
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), reaved or reft, reaving.
1.
Archaic. to rend; break; tear.
Origin
1175-1225; Middle English; apparently special use of reave1 (by association with rive)
British Dictionary definitions for reave

reave1

/riːv/
verb (archaic) reaves, reaving, reaved, reft (rɛft)
1.
to carry off (property, prisoners, etc) by force
2.
(transitive) foll by of. to deprive; strip See also reive
Word Origin
Old English reāfian; related to Old High German roubōn to rob, Old Norse raufa to break open

reave2

/riːv/
verb reaves, reaving, reaved, reft (rɛft)
1.
(archaic) to break or tear (something) apart; cleave
Word Origin
C13 reven, probably from reave1 and influenced in meaning by rive
Word Origin and History for reave
v.

Old English reafian "to rob (something from someone), plunder, pillage," from Proto-Germanic *raubjon (cf. Old Frisian ravia, Middle Dutch roven, Dutch rooven, Old High German roubon, German rauben), from PIE *reup- "to snatch" (see rip (v.)). Related: Reaved; reaving.