Rive \Rive\, v. t. [imp. Rived; p. p. Rived or Riven; p.
pr. & vb. n. Riving.]
[Icel. r[imac]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.
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I shall ryve him through the sides twain. --Chaucer.
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The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. --Shak.
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Brutus hath rived my heart. --Shak.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Rive \Rive\, v. t. [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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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