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riven

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɪvən/(UK)

Definition of riven

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)past participle of rive
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verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)past participle of rive

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Torn apart.
  2. (not-comparable)Broken into pieces; split asunder.
    ““She shall be blasted like a riven oak! Drowned in sulphur! Torn by whirlwinds!””

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Etymology

From Middle English riven, past participle of rive (“to rive”). Compare Old Norse rifinn, past participle of Old Norse rífa (“to pick, scratch, rive”).

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