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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

- places: Rives is the name of 2 communes in France: Rives, Isère in the Isère département Rives, Lot-et-Garonne, in the Lot-et-Garonne département Rives Township...
- shoot-em-up video game Wood splitting, or riving Longue-Rive, Quebec, Canada Belle Rive (disambiguation) Rives (disambiguation) Rivière (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...
- Belle Rive may refer to: Belle Rive, Illinois, United States Belle Rive, Edmonton, a neighborhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Bellerive (disambiguation)...
- final term as a Whig). Rives also served two separate terms as U.S. Minister to France. During the Andrew Jackson administration, Rives negotiated a treaty...
- Portland firm, Rives, Bonyhadi and Smith, founded in 1935, to become Stoel, Rives, Boley, Fraser and Wyse ("Stoel Rives"). In 1987, Stoel Rives merged with...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rives Township is a civil township of Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The po****tion was 4,750 at the 2020 census. Rives Junction is an unincorporated...
- Chip Rives (born December 24, 1964) is an American businessman who is the current chief executive officer of Riddle & Bloom. Before becoming CEO, Rives worked...