tear+or+rend+asunder

  • 31Rending — Rend Rend (r[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rent} (r[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rending}.] [AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries. renda, randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r[ae]na to rob, plunder, Ir …

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  • 32Rent — Rend Rend (r[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rent} (r[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rending}.] [AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries. renda, randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r[ae]na to rob, plunder, Ir …

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  • 33split — v 1. divide, separate, break, break up, part, disjoin, disjoint, break asunder; rive, halve, bisect, cut in two, partition, dichotomize, Obs. dimidiate; sever, dissever, rend, abscind, sunder; dissect, anatomize, divorce, disband, go separate… …

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  • 34lacerate — v. a. 1. Tear, sever, mangle, rend, lancinate, laniate, claw, tear asunder, tear to pieces. 2. Harrow, wound, torture, rend …

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  • 35du̯ō(u) (*du̯ei-) —     du̯ō(u) (*du̯ei )     English meaning: two     Deutsche Übersetzung: “zwei”     Grammatical information: m. (grammatical double form duu̯ōu), du̯ai f. n., besides du̯ei , du̯oi , du̯i     Note: compare the summary by Brugmann II2 2, 6 82… …

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  • 36rive — I Cumbrian Dictionary ( v riyv) to pull. e.g. Arl rive it off. = I will pull it off. ( I rive, you rive, he rives, I rived ) II Cleveland Dialect List to rend or tear asunder, to split: he was fit to rive swarth (to tear up the ground with… …

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  • 37laniate — v. a. Lacerate, tear, rend, sever, mangle, lancinate, claw, tear to pieces, tear asunder …

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  • 38split — 1. verb 1) the ax split the wood Syn: break, chop, cut, hew, lop, cleave; snap, crack 2) the ice cracked and split Syn: break apart, fracture, rupture, fissure …

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  • 39Split — (spl[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Split} ({Splitted}, R.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Splitting}.] [Probably of Scand. or Low German origin; cf. Dan. splitte, LG. splitten, OD. splitten, spletten, D. splijten, G. spleissen, MHG. spl[=i]zen. Cf. {Splice},… …

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  • 40Split — (spl[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Split} ({Splitted}, R.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Splitting}.] [Probably of Scand. or Low German origin; cf. Dan. splitte, LG. splitten, OD. splitten, spletten, D. splijten, G. spleissen, MHG. spl[=i]zen. Cf. {Splice},… …

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