Rift \Rift\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rifting.]

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Rift \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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Rift \Rift\, n. [Written also reft.]

[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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Rift \Rift\, obs. p. p. of Rive. --Spenser.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)