rive
[verb]
Synonyms: tear, cleave, rend, rip, split, shatter, burst, fragment, pash, shiver, smash, smatter, splinter, splinterize, splitter

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Related Words: divide, separate, chop, hew

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rive noun. [rʌɪv] Chiefly Scot. E16.
[from the verb.]
A pull, a tug, a tear, a rent, a crack.

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rive verb. [rʌɪv] Now chiefly arch., poet., & Scot. Pa. t. rived; pa. pple rived, riven ['rɪv(ǝ)n]. ME.
[Old Norse rífa = Old Frisian rīva, of unkn. origin.]
I. verb trans.
1. Tear apart or in pieces by pulling or tugging; cause to split open, make a rent in. ME.
b. Tear up (a letter, document, etc.). Chiefly Scot. LME-M17.

2. Tear or pull off or away; tear or wrench away from; tear, drag, or pull down, up, or out; pull to the ground. ME.

3. Sever, cleave, divide, or open up by means of a knife or weapon; split or cleave (wood, stone, etc.) by appropriate means (also foll. by up, off). ME.
b. Drive (a weapon) through the heart etc.; thrust into. LME-L15.

4. Rend (the heart, soul, etc.) with painful thoughts or feelings. ME.

5. Plough (untilled ground); break up with the plough. Also foll. by out. Scot. & north. M16.

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rive(2)
II. verb intrans.

6. Be split, cleave, crack, open up. ME.
b. Of the heart: break or burst with sorrow. LME.

7. Pierce, cut, or shear through or into the body. ME-L15.

8. Commit robbery; pillage, plunder, take away from. Chiefly Scot. L15.

9. Tear voraciously, tug, (at). E16.

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