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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

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- Lyndon Robert Rive (born 22 January 1977) is a South African-American businessman known as the co-founder of SolarCity, and its CEO until 2016. SolarCity...
- shoot-em-up video game Wood splitting, or riving Longue-Rive, Quebec, Canada Belle Rive (disambiguation) Rives (disambiguation) Rivière (disambiguation)...
- The Hôtel Belles Rives is a hotel located in Juan-les-Pins, a town in the Antibes region on the French Riviera. The hotel was originally a villa known...
- 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...
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- 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...