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Verb: rive (rived,riven)  rIv
Usage: archaic
  1. Tear or be torn violently
    - rend, rip, pull
     
  2. Separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
    - cleave, split

Derived forms: rived, riven, riving, rives

Type of: bust, rupture, snap, tear

Encyclopedia: Rive

Nearest

ritualistic
ritualistically
ritualize
ritually
Ritz
ritz
ritzy
rival
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rivalry
rive
river
River Acheron
River Adige
River Aire
River Arno
River Avon
river basin
river birch
river blindness
river boat