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   Rive

   /rīv/

   

   verb

   • 1. split or tear apart violently: "the party was riven by disagreements over Europe"
   • ▪ split or crack (wood or stone): "the wood was riven with deep cracks"
   • ▪ (of wood or stone) split or crack: "I started to chop furiously, the dry wood riving and splintering under the axe"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse rífa, of unknown ultimate origin.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

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