Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rive
Participle:
Gerund: riving
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
Perfect
Past
Pluperfect
Future
Future Perfect
Subjunctive
Present
Perfect
Imperfect
Pluperfect
Imperative
Verbs conjugated like 'rive'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rive'
bive,
dive,
drive,
give,
hive,
jive,
live,
rave,
reve,
rice,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English riven (“to rive”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse rífa (“to rend, tear apart”), from Proto-Germanic *rīfaną (“to tear, scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to crumble, tear”).
2. Cognate with Danish rive (“to tear”), Old Frisian rīva (“to tear”), Old English ārǣfan (“to let loose, unwrap”), Old Norse ript (“breach of contract, rift”), Norwegian Bokmål rive (“to tear”), Swedish riva (”to tear”) and Albanian rrip (“belt, rope”). More at rift. See: Proto-Germanic '
*rīfaną', Danish '
rive', Norwegian '
rive'.
Verbs referencing "rive"
Danish
rive, Icelandic
rífa.
Sample Sentences
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“ O, where is weeping Mary ? O, where is weeping Mary ? ’ Rived in the goodly land. She is dead and gone to Heaven; She is dead and gone to Heaven; ’ Rived in the goodly land. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] death to life; From the grave's cerements to the robes of heaven; From sin's dominion, and from passion's strife, To the pure freedom of a soul forgiven; Where all the bonds of death and hell are riven, And mortal puts on immortality, When Mercy's hand hath turned the golden key, And Mercy's voice hath said, _Rejoice, thy soul is free.”_
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The writer has given only a faint shadow, a dim picture, of the anguish and despair that are, at this very moment, riving thousands of hearts, shattering thousands of families, and driving a helpless and sensitive race to frenzy and despair. There are those living who know the mothers whom this accursed traffic has [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)