Antonyms for rive

Grammar : Verb

Spell : rahyv

Phonetic Transcription : raɪv

Definition of rive

Origin : "tear in pieces, strike asunder," c.1200, from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse rifa "to tear apart" (cf. Swedish rifva, Danish rive "scratch, tear"), from PIE root *rei- "to scratch, tear, cut" (see riparian).

verb tear
verb break

Example sentences :

There was a lightning in his eyes which seemed to rive the spectator.
Extract from : « Patrick Henry » by Moses Coit Tyler

I wouldna care if ye were to rive horse and beast and a' from me now.
Extract from : « The Northern Iron » by George A. Birmingham

And he tugged at my tail-coat like to rive it off me, your honour.
Extract from : « The Dew of Their Youth » by S. R. Crockett

It began at its northernly end in 1855 as boulevard Sbastopol, Rive Gauche.
Extract from : « Historic Paris » by Jetta S. Wolff

On the Rive Gauche, the walks at nightfall are more difficult to indicate.
Extract from : « Paris Vistas » by Helen Davenport Gibbons

I meant them to rive; and see how the cowards have scampered off from them.
Extract from : « The Kangaroo Hunters » by Anne Bowman

He gave up his entire day to showing us the beauties of the Rive Gauche.
Extract from : « The Adventures of a Modest Man » by Robert W. Chambers

But she was not to come in as a wedge to rive her from this man.
Extract from : « The Rustler of Wind River » by G. W. Ogden

There was a lightning in his eye that seemed to rive the spectator.
Extract from : « The Bobbin Boy » by William M. Thayer

It has no certain Grain; and it is almost impossible to split or rive it.
Extract from : « A New Voyage to Carolina » by John Lawson

Synonyms for rive

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