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 rive /ˈraɪv/
 (vt.)撕開,使沮喪(vi.)裂開,破裂

 Rive v. t. [imp. Rived p. p. Rived or Riven p. pr. & vb. n. Riving.]  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.

 Rive, v. i. To be split or rent asunder.
    Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction.   --Woodward.

 Rive, n. A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]
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 rive
      v 1: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to
           bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn: rend,
            rip, pull]
      2: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument;
         "cleave the bone" [syn: cleave, split]
      [also: riven]