Category: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.]

Defn: 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 Rive, v. i.

Defn: to be split or rent asunder. Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. Woodward.

Rive Rive, n.

Defn: a place torn; a rent; a rift. [prov. Eng.]