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rive

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"Tear apart"

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4 lettersPronunciation /ɹaɪv/Part of speech verbSorted eirvStarts with REnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

Word origin

From Middle English riven (“to rive”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse rífa (“to rend, tear apart”), from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną (“to tear, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to crumble, tear”).

Used in a sentence

  • I have seen tempests, when the scolding winds / Have rived the knotty oaks[…]
  • The varlet at his plaint was grieu'd so sore, / That his deepe wounded hart in two did riue[…].
  • Freestone i.e. that rives, splits, and breaks in any direction.

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