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Definition of Rives

Rive
Rive Rive, v. t. [imp. Rived; p. p. Rived or Riven; p. pr. & vb. n. Riving.] [Icel. r[=i]fa, akin to Sw. rifva to pull asunder, burst, tear, Dan. rive to rake, pluck, tear. Cf. Reef of land, Rifle a gun, Rift, Rivel.] To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive timber for rails or shingles. I shall ryve him through the sides twain. --Chaucer. The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. --Shak. Brutus hath rived my heart. --Shak.
Rive
Rive Rive, v. i. To be split or rent asunder. Freestone rives, splits, and breaks in any direction. --Woodward.
Rive
Rive Rive, n. A place torn; a rent; a rift. [Prov. Eng.]

Meaning of Rives from wikipedia

- Look up rives in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rive (plural: rives) is a French word meaning "bank" (of a river). It may also refer to: Rives, Isère...
- shoot-em-up video game Wood splitting, or riving Longue-Rive, Quebec, Canada Belle Rive (disambiguation) Rives (disambiguation) Rivière (disambiguation)...
- Belle Rive may refer to: Belle Rive, Illinois, United States Belle Rive, Edmonton, a neighborhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Bellerive (disambiguation)...
- Railroad. Rives has a rich railroad history and at one time the town had several hotels to serve the p****enger trains that traveled the area. Rives maintains...
- The Rive Droite (French pronunciation: [la ʁiv dʁwat]; Right Bank) is most commonly ****ociated with the river Seine in central Paris. Here, the river flows...
- the globe. Rives was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor and the National Order of Merit by the government of France. Jean-Pierre Rives was born on...
- Judge Rives may refer to: Alexander Rives (1806–1885), judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia Jack L. Rives (born...
- and po****r culture. Rives has written and paper engineered several pop-up books for children and adults. Early in his career, Rives worked at Intervisual...
- Robert Rive was a 19th-century photographer who was born in Great Britain but developed most of his work in Italy. After several years working in this...
- January 15, 1895, to William Henry Rives (1854-1922) and his wife, the former Alice Bloodworth Taylor (1856-1943), Rives had five siblings. A maternal...