the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > cleaving or splitting > cleave or split [verb (transitive)]
to-cleavec888
cleavea1100
forcleavec1290
shidec1315
rivec1330
sheara1340
carvec1374
slivea1400
thrusche1483
porfend1490
splet1530
share?1566
spleet1585
splint1591
split1595
diverberate1609
fissure1656
spall1841
balkanize1942
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 231/418 He for-clef is foule bouk in þre partyes at þe laste.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 543 A tweyne i wol forcleue þyn hed.