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un·reeve (un rēv′)

transitive verb unrove -·rove′ or unreeved -·reeved′, unreeving -·reev′·ing

Naut. to withdraw (a line) from a block, ring, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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