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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Rive \Rive\, v. t. [imp. Rived; p. p. Rived or Riven; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Riving.] [Icel. r[=i]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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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Rive \Rive\, v. t. [imp. Rived; p. p. Rived or Riven; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Riving.] [Icel. r[=i]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.
  
           I shall ryve him through the sides twain. --Chaucer.
  
           The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. --Shak.
  
           Brutus hath rived my heart.              --Shak.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  riving
     n.
     1 (lb en historical agriculture) A strip of a townfield.
     2 (lb en archaic) A piece of split wood.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rive nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  riving
     n.
     1 (lb en historical agriculture) A strip of a townfield.
     2 (lb en archaic) A piece of split wood.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rive nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  riving
     n.
     1 (lb en historical agriculture) A strip of a townfield.
     2 (lb en archaic) A piece of split wood.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rive nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  riving
     n.
     1 (lb en historical agriculture) A strip of a townfield.
     2 (lb en archaic) A piece of split wood.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rive nocat=1)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Riving /ɹˈaɪvɪŋ/
  التمزيق

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  riving /ɹˈaɪvɪŋ/
  auseinanderreißend, zerreißend
     Synonym: tearing apart
  
   see: tear apart sth., rive sth., torn apart, riven
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  riving /ɹˈaɪvɪŋ/
  spaltend
   see: rive, riven
  

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     岩石破裂

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