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rivet

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"Metal fastener"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɪvət/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eirtvStarts with REnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1R2I3V4E5T

Definitions

  1. direct one's attention on something

Word origin

From Old French rivet (13th century), from the verb Old French river (“to fetter [a person]”) (12th century), from Old French rive (“rim, edge”) (ca. 1100), which is ultimately from Latin ripa (“riverbank”). Compare river, rival, riparian.

Used in a sentence

  • over his rivet he had a garment of white cloth of gold with a redde crosse
  • Terror riveted him to the spot.

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