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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