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RIVEN
RIVE
cleave, split, rive
(verb) separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; “cleave the bone”
rend, rip, rive, pull
(verb) tear or be torn violently; “The curtain ripped from top to bottom”; “pull the cooked chicken into strips”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
riven
past participle of rive
Usage notes
An alternative past participle of to rive is rived, which is preferred in American English.
Adjective
riven (not comparable)
Torn apart.
Broken into pieces; split asunder.
Anagrams
• Inver-, Irven, Niver, Rivne, Viner, viner
Source: Wiktionary
Riv"en,
Definition: p. p. & a. from Rive.
RIVE
Rive, v. t. [imp. Rived; p. p. Rived or Riven (; p. pr. & vb. n. Riving.] Etym: [Icel. rifa, akin to Sw. rifva to pull asunder, burst, tear, Dan. rive to rake, pluck, tear. Cf. Reef of land, Rifle a gun, Rift, Rivel.]
Definition: 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.
Rive, v. i.
Definition: To be split or rent asunder. Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. Woodward.
Rive, n.
Definition: A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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