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rive
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rahyv
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rive
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raɪv
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verb,
rived,
rived
or
riv·en,
riv·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to tear or rend apart:
to rive meat from a bone.
2.
to separate by striking; split; cleave.
3.
to rend, harrow, or distress (the feelings, heart, etc.).
4.
to split (wood) radially from a log.
verb (used without object)
5.
to become rent or split apart:
stones that rive easily.
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Origin:
1225–75;
Middle English
riven
<
Old Norse
rīfa
to tear, split.
See
rift
Related forms
un·rived,
adjective
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rive
(raɪv)
—
vb
,
rives
,
riving
,
rived
,
rived
,
riven
1.
to split asunder:
a tree riven by lightning
2.
to tear apart:
riven to shreds
3.
archaic
to break (the heart) or (of the heart) to be broken
[C13: from Old Norse
rīfa
; related to Old Frisian
rīva
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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