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rive

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rive  (rv)
v. rived, riv·en (rvn) also rived, riv·ing, rives
v.tr.
1. To rend or tear apart.
2. To break into pieces, as by a blow; cleave or split asunder.
3. To break or distress (the spirit, for example).
v.intr.
To be or become split.
[Middle English riven, from Old Norse rfa.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.rive - tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
rend, rip, pull
rupture, tear, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
2.rive - separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"
cleave, split
maul - split (wood) with a maul and wedges
laminate - split (wood) into thin sheets
tear - to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"
cleave - make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"


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As he rose, a flash of lightning, that seemed to rive the remotest heights of heaven, illumined the darkness.
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I had given my darling to him now, and I meant to go; but I lingered for one more look of the precious face which it seemed to rive my heart to turn from.
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Even the very banks of the rive and of the clear streamlets which entered it, were scarcel enlivened by a brighter tint of green.
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