

Nov 9, 2017 This week’s theme

Unusual verbs



This week’s words

pernoctate

desacralize

nuncupate

reeve

senesce





Send some to friends & family Unusual verbs “Words are the small change of thought.” ~Jules Renard A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg



reeve 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:

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 “Lines of a second pulley are reeved through blocks high on the foremast.”Peter Matthiessen;; Vintage Books; 1975.“When a reeve said such words, in that tone of voice, a man had to obey.”Kate Elliott;; Tor; 2006.See more usage examples of reeve in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: For all our conceits about being the center of the universe, we live in a routine planet of a humdrum star stuck away in an obscure corner ... on an unexceptional galaxy which is one of about 100 billion galaxies. ... That is the fundamental fact of the universe we inhabit, and it is very good for us to understand that. -Carl Sagan, astronomer and writer (9 Nov 1934-1996)





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