rive

  1. Verb.  (transitive, archaic) To tear apart by force; to split; to cleave.
  2. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
  3. Verb.  (reflexive) To be split or rent asunder.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To break apart; to split.
  5. Verb.  In woodworking, a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).
  6. Noun.  A place torn; a rent; a rift.

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