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Rive
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles. I shall ryve him through the sides twain. Chaucer. The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. Shak. Brutus hath rived my heart. Shak.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To be split or rent asunder. Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. Woodward.