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notes:
{v}
synonyms:
stave, rend, divellicate, deracinate
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Definition:
v.t. to tear asunder: to split: to pierce: to explode.—v.i. to be split asunder:
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (1908)
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I shall
ryve
him through the sides twain.
Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales: The Pardoner's Tale
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He’s forgotten all I’ve done for him, and made on him, and goan and
riven
up a whole row o’ t’ grandest currant-trees i’ t’ garden!’
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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The
riven
masts had gone by the board, leaks had been sprung in every direction, and the water, which rushed in, gained upon us rapidly.
Jean Rudolph Wyss. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island
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