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riv·u·let    Audio Help   [riv-yuh-lit] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a small stream; streamlet; brook.

[Origin: 1580–90; earlier rivolet < It rivoletto, dim. of rivolo < L rīvulus small stream]
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riv·u·let    Audio Help   (rĭv'yə-lĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A small brook or stream; a streamlet.


[Possibly from Italian rivoletto, diminutive of rivolo, small stream, from Latin rīvulus, diminutive of rīvus, stream; see rei- in Indo-European roots.]

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rivulet 
1587, from It. rivoletto, dim. of rivolo, itself a dim., from L. rivus "stream, brook," from *reiwos, lit. "that which flows," from PIE base *rei- "to flow" (cf. Skt. rinati "causes to flow," ritih "stream, course;" O.C.S. reka "river;" M.Ir. rian "river, way;" Goth. rinnan "run, flow," rinno "brook;" M.L.G. ride "brook;" O.E. riþ "stream").

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rivulet

noun
a small stream 

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Rivulet

Rite\, n. [L. ritus; cf. Skr. r[=i]ti a stream, a running, way, manner, ri to flow: cf. F. rit, rite. CF. Rivulet.] The act of performing divine or solemn service, as established by law, precept, or custom; a formal act of religion or other solemn duty; a solemn observance; a ceremony; as, the rites of freemasonry.

He looked with indifference on rites, names, and forms of ecclesiastical polity. --Macaulay.

Syn: Form; ceremony; observance; ordinance.
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