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▪ I. rived, ppl. a.|raɪvd|
[f. rive v.1 + -ed1.]
Riven, rent. Also fig.
1631Fletcher Piscatory Eclogs iii, To break the rived heart with fear and fright. 1799Sheridan Pizarro i. i, Thou, all-powerful!..whose lightnings can pierce to the core the rived and quaking earth. 1838Eliza Cook I thank Thee, God! vii, So in the rived heart there'll be Mercy that never flowed before. 1853Trans. Mich. Agric. Soc. IV. 156 Either the rived or sawed bolt may be used. 1887Century Mag. Apr. 901/1 The earliest houses of worship in America belonged to the make-shift order of architecture,—four walls of..rived clapboards with earth filled in between.
▪ II. † rived, a. Obs. rare.
[f. rive, early form of rife a. The ending is irregular.]
= rife a.
a1300Joseph & Jacob 18 Forþi sende oure Louerd Noees flod... Hi floten swiþe riued bi dich & bi pulle. a1400–50Alexander 1740 So..riued [v.r. ryfe] is oure rewme þat þou may reȝt lycken Þe store strenthe of oure stoure to sternes of þe heuen. Ibid. 1779 So riued is þe rede gold oure regions with-in. 1513Bradshaw St. Werburge ii. 168 Couetise, pride, lechery were ryued alway. |