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riv⋅en
[riv-uh
n] 
–verb
| 1. | a pp. of rive. |
–adjective
| 2. | rent or split apart. |
| 3. | split radially, as a log. |
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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| rive (rīv) v. rived, riv·en (rĭv'ən) also rived, riv·ing, rives v. tr.
To be or become split. [Middle English riven, from Old Norse rīfa.] |
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Riven
Riv"en\, p. p. & a. from Rive.
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riven
"split, cloven, rent," 1307, past participle of rive "to tear, rend" (c.1275), from O.N. rifa "to tear apart," from P.Gmc. *rifanan (see riparian)
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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