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REFT

Definitions: REFT

REFT

1. Of Reave

Imperative & past participle

1. Bereft.

Noun

1. A chink; a rift. See Rift.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "REFT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

"REFT" is a common misspelling or typo for: raft, refit, rent, rest, ret, rift.

Synonyms within Context: REFT

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Disjunction

Adjective: disjoined; Verb: discontinuous; multipartite, abstract; disjunctive; secant; isolated; Verb: insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free; unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected; distinct; adrift; straggling; rift, reft.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: REFT

Etymologies containing "REFT": reave. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: REFT

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Russia

On September 19, Eduard Markevich, editor of Novyye Reft, was shot and killed. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Ancestral Language Translations: REFT

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Old English450-1100

reafian. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations: REFT

Derivations

Words ending with "REFT": bereft. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: REFT

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: fret, tref.

Words within the letters "e-f-r-t"

-1 letter: eft, fer, fet, ref, ret.

-2 letters: ef, er, et, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-f-r-t"
 

+1 letter: after, fetor, forte, frets, ofter, refit.

 

+2 letters: afreet, afters, befret, bereft, dafter, defter, effort, falter, farted, faster, father, fatter, feater, ferity, ferret, fester, fetors, fetter, filter, fitter, floret, fluter, foetor, footer, forest, forget, fortes, foster, frater, freest, fretty, future, hafter, hefter, lefter, lifter, lofter, rafted, rafter, refect, refelt, refits, reflet, refute, resift, rifest, rifted, sifter, softer, strafe, strife, telfer, titfer, trefah, trifle, truffe, tufter, turfed, twofer, wafter.

 

+3 letters: afreets, barefit, befrets, certify, coffret, crafted, crofter, defrost, drafted, draftee, drafter, drifted, drifter, efforts, engraft, facture, fagoter, fainter, fairest, falters, farther, fasters, fathers, fattier, feaster, feather, feature, felwort, fermata, fermate, ferment, ferrate, ferrets, ferrety, ferrite, fertile, fervent, festers, fetcher, fetters, fighter, filbert, filters, firelit, firepot, firmest, fitters, fixture, flatter, fleeter, flirted, flirter, flitter, floater, florets, flouter, fluster, fluters, flutier, flutter, flytier, foetors, footers, footier, footler, foregut, forests, foretop, forfeit, forgets, formate, forties, fortune, forwent, fosters, fracted, fraters, freight, freshet, fretful, fretsaw, fretted, fretter, frigate, frisket, fritted, fritter, fritzes, fronted, fronter, frontes, frosted, frothed, fruited, fruiter, furcate, furmety, further, furtive, fustier, futures, grafted, grafter, grifted, grifter, hafters, hefters, heftier, lifters, lofters, loftier, metrify, niftier, oftener, outfire, overfat, perfect, petrify, piefort, pomfret, poofter, prefect, presift, putrefy, rafters, ratafee, rectify, redraft, refects, refight, reflate, reflect, reflets, refloat, refract, refront, refutal, refuted, refuter, refutes, regraft, resifts, restaff, restful, restuff, rotifer, shifter, sifters, snifter, staffer, stiffer, stifler, strafed, strafer, strafes, strifes, stuffer, surfeit, swifter, tartufe, tearful, telfers, telford, terefah, terrify, thereof, titfers, torrefy, trefoil, trifled, trifler, trifles, troffer, truffes, truffle, tufters, tuftier, turfier, turfmen, twofers, wafters, wafture, wiftier.

 

+4 letters: affecter, afferent, afforest, aflutter, aftertax, aperitif, artefact, artifice, barefoot, biforate, briefest, buffeter, coffrets, confuter, craftier, crofters, crowfeet, defeater, defector, deferent, deflater, deflator, deforest, defrosts, draftees, drafters, draftier, driftage, drifters, driftier, dwarfest, effecter, effector, efferent, enfetter, engrafts, esterify, etherify, factored, factures, fagoters, fainters, faltered, falterer, farthest, fastener, fathered, fatherly, fattener, faultier, favorite, feasters, feathers, feathery, featlier, featured, features, federate, feistier, fellator, felworts, fenestra, feracity, feretory, ferities, fermatas, ferments, ferniest, ferocity, ferrates, ferreted, ferreter, ferrites, ferritic, ferritin, festered, fetchers, feterita, fettered, fetterer, fewtrils, fidgeter, fiercest, fieriest, figeater, fighters, figurate, filature, filberts, filister, filtered, filterer, filthier, filtrate, fireboat, firebrat, firepots, firetrap, fixtures, flatters, flattery, flatware, flaunter, fleawort, fletcher, flichter, flintier, flirters, flirtier, flitters, floaters, floatier, flouters, floweret, fluorite, flusters, flutters, fluttery, flytiers, fomenter, footgear, footlers, footrace, footrest, footrope, footsore, footwear, forecast, foredate, forefeet, forefelt, forefoot, foreguts, foremast, foremost, forepart, forepast, forestal, forestay, forested, forester, forestry, foretell, foretime, foretold, foretops, forewent, forfeits, forkiest, formates, forspent, fortieth, fortress, fortuned, fortunes, fostered, fosterer, fourteen, fracture, fragment, frailest, frankest, freakout, freeboot, freights, fremitus, frenetic, frequent, freshest, freshets, fretless, fretsaws, fretsome, fretters, frettier, fretting, fretwork, frigates, frighted, frighten, frisette, friskets, fritters, frizette, fromenty, frontage, frontier, frontlet, frosteds, frostier, frothier, frottage, frotteur, frowsted, fructose, fruitage, fruiters, fruitier, fruitlet, frumenty, frustule, fumarate, furcated, furcates, furmenty, furriest, furthers, furthest, furziest, gentrify, giftware, graftage, grafters, grateful, grifters, gruffest, infecter, infector, infester, inflater, leftover, leftward, notifier, outfired, outfires, overfast, oversoft, perfecta, perfecto, perfects, piedfort, pieforts, pomfrets, poofters, postfire, praefect, prefects, prefight, presifts, prettify, profited, profiter, raftered, raftsmen, ratafees, ratified, ratifier, ratifies, redefeat, redefect, redrafts, redshift, reefiest, refasten, refected, referent, refights, refilter, refitted, reflated, reflates, reflects, refloats, refluent, reforest, reformat, refought, refracts, refronts, refutals, refuters, refuting, regrafts, reinfect, renotify, reoutfit, resifted, restaffs, restuffs, retiform, retrofit, riftless, rooftree, rotifers, seacraft, seafront, setiform, shifters, shiftier, snifters, softener, software, spitfire, staffers, stiflers, strafers, stuffers, stuffier, sulfuret, surfeits, surfiest, swifters, taffarel, tafferel, tariffed, tartufes, tartuffe, telfered, telfords, terrific, therefor, thurifer, tradeoff, transfer, trefoils, trifecta, triflers, troffers, truffled, truffles, turfiest, turfless, turflike, typifier, unfetter, uplifter, waftures, wetproof, writeoff.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: REFT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 45 46 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01000101 01000110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#69 &#70 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0045 0046 0054

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

52394054

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Translations: Ancient
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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