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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rive \Rive\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Rived}; p. p. {Rived} or {Riven}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Riving}.] [Icel. r[=i]fa, akin to Sw. rifva to pull asunder, burst, tear, Dan. rive to rake, pluck, tear. Cf. {Reef} of land, {Rifle} a gun, {Rift}, {Rivel}.] 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rive \Rive\, verb (used without an object) To be split or rent asunder.
Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. --Woodward.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rive \Rive\, noun A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rive
verb
1: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn: {rend}, {rip}, {pull}]
2: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone" [syn: {cleave}, {split}] [also: {riven}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "rive": amputate, ax, bisect, breach, break, broach, butcher, carve, check, chink, chop, cleave, crack, crevasse, cut, cut apart, cut away, cut in two, cut off, cut open, dichotomize, dispart, dissever, ditch, divaricate, divide, excise, fissure, fly open, fracture, furrow, gap, gash, groove, hack, halve, hew, incise, jigsaw, lance, lay open, ope, open, open up, pare, part, prune, rend, rent, rift, rip, rupture, saw, scissor, separate, sever, slash, slice, slit, slot, snip, split, spread, spread out, spring open, sunder, swing open, tap, tear, tear open, throw open, trench, whittle
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