Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Rive

· IPA /ɹaɪv/

01 v. t. To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles.

imp. Rived; p. p. Rived; p. pr. & vb. n. Riving

1.
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.

02 v. i. To be split or rent asunder.

1.
To be split or rent asunder.
“Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction.” — Woodward.

03 n. A place torn; a rent; a rift.

1.
A place torn; a rent; a rift.[Prov. Eng.]