rive

[rahyv]

rive

[rahyv] 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

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]

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