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riven

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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.]
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riven
adjective torn apart, split, rent, ruptured, ripped apart, torn asunder The party was riven with factional fighting.
Translations
riven [ˈrɪvən] ADJ & PT, PP (liter) → rajado, hendido
riven by → desgarrado por, dividido por, escindido por
riven [ˈrɪvən] adj (old) (frm) riven by → spaccato/a in due da
riven [ˈrɪvən] adj (old) (frm) riven by → spaccato/a in due da


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"To friends above, from fiends below, the indignant ghost is riven - "From Hell unto a high estate far up within the Heaven - "From grief and groan, to a golden throne, beside the King of Heaven.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
The mountains looked surpassingly lovely, clad as they were in living, green; ribbed with lava ridges; flecked with white cottages; riven by deep chasms purple with shade; the great slopes dashed with sunshine and mottled with shadows flung from the drifting squadrons of the sky, and the superb picture fitly crowned by towering peaks whose fronts were swept by the trailing fringes of the clouds.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
Below this is a level stratum of rock, riven occasionally by frightful chasms.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
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