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Riven

adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
Torn apart. not-comparable
2
Broken into pieces; split asunder. not-comparable
"“She shall be blasted like a riven oak! Drowned in sulphur! Torn by whirlwinds!”"

Verb

1
past participle of rive form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English riven, past participle of rive (“to rive”). Compare Old Norse rifinn, past participle of Old Norse rífa (“to pick, scratch, rive”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English riven, past participle of rive (“to rive”). Compare Old Norse rifinn, past participle of Old Norse rífa (“to pick, scratch, rive”).

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