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verb (used with object)
1.
to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces.
2.
to tear apart, split, or divide: a racial problem that is rending the nation.
3.
to pull or tear violently (often followed by away, off, up, etc.).
4.
to tear (one's garments or hair) in grief, rage, etc.
5.
EXPANDto disturb (the air) sharply with loud noise.
6.
COLLAPSEto harrow or distress (the heart) with painful feelings.
verb (used without object)
7.
to split or tear something.
8.
to become torn or split.
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Rending
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Origin:
before 950; Middle English renden, Old English rendan; cognate with Old Frisian renda
before 950; Middle English renden, Old English rendan; cognate with Old Frisian renda
Related forms
rend·i·ble, adjective
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O.E. rendon "to tear, cut," from W.Gmc. *randijanan (cf. O.Fris. renda "to cut, break," M.L.G. rende "anything broken"), related to rind. Not found in other Gmc. languages.
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