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rive
To split wood along the grain, as in making shingles.
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As he rose, a flash of lightning, that seemed to rive the remotest heights of heaven, illumined the darkness.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
I had given my darling to him now, and I meant to go; but I lingered for one more look of the precious face which it seemed to rive my heart to turn from.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
Even the very banks of the rive and of the clear streamlets which entered it, were scarcel enlivened by a brighter tint of green.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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