Rive \Rive\, v. i.
   To be split or rent asunder.
   
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         Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction.
                                                  --Woodward.
   
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Rive \Rive\, n.
   A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]
   
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Rive \Rive\, v. t. [imp. {Rived}; p. p. {Rived} or {Riven}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Riving}.] [Icel. r[imac]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.
   
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         I shall ryve him through the sides twain. --Chaucer.
   
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         The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. --Shak.
   
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         Brutus hath rived my heart.              --Shak.
   
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