Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rive \Rive\, v. t. [imp. {Rived}; p. p. {Rived} or {Riven}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Riving}.] [Icel. r[=i]fa, akin to Sw. rifva to
pull asunder, burst, tear, Dan. rive to rake, pluck, tear.
Cf. {Reef} of land, {Rifle} a gun, {Rift}, {Rivel}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rive \Rive\, v. i.
To be split or rent asunder.
Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction.
--Woodward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rive \Rive\, n.
A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rive
v 1: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to
bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn: {rend},
{rip}, {pull}]
2: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument;
"cleave the bone" [syn: {cleave}, {split}]
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