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Webster 1913 Edition

Rive

Rive

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Rived
;
p. p.
Rived
or
Riven
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Riving
.]
[Icel.
rīfa
, 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.
Shakespeare
Brutus hath
rived
my heart.
Shakespeare

Rive

,
Verb.
I.
To be split or rent asunder.
Freestone
rives
, splits, and breaks in any direction.
Woodward.

Rive

,
Noun.
A place torn; a rent; a rift.
[Prov. Eng.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Rive

RIVE

,
Verb.
T.
pret. rived; pp. rived or riven. [L. rumpo, rupi. It may be allied to the family of L. rapio, reap, rip.]
To split; to cleave; to rend asunder by force; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles with wedges; the riven oak; the riven clouds.
The scolding winds have riv'd the knotty oaks.

RIVE

,
Verb.
I.
To be split or rent asunder.
Freestone rives, splits and breaks in any direction.

Definition 2025

rivé

rivé

See also: rive

French

Verb

rivé m ‎(feminine singular rivée, masculine plural rivés, feminine plural rivées)

  1. past participle of river

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