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RIFTED
Verb
rifted
simple past tense and past participle of rift
Source: Wiktionary
RIFT
Rift, obs.
Definition: p. p. of Rive. Spenser.
Rift, n. [Written also reft.] Etym: [Dan. rift, fr. rieve to rend. See Rive.]
1. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure. Spenser.
2. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
Rift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rifting.]
Definition: To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds. Longfellow. To dwell these rifted rocks between. Wordsworth.
Rift, v. i.
1. To burst open; to split. Shak. Timber . . . not apt to rif with ordnance. Bacon.
2. To belch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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