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cloven

[ kloh-vuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb

cloven

/ ˈkləʊvən /

Origin of cloven¹

First recorded in 1150–1200, for the adjective

Nor could the print of human footsteps be seen, but only indentations left by innumerable tiny cloven feet.

The cloven foot is an evidence of a clean beast, and horns are attributed, pictorially at least, to Moses.

There is a much greater number of cloven-footed than whole-hoofed animals.

In fact real quadrupeds consist only of whole and cloven-footed animals.

Break it, before it be cloven asunder for you by the sword of Rome.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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