[rive] vb rived ; riv.en also rived ; riv.ing [ME, fr. ON rifa; akin to Gk ereipein to tear down] vt (14c) 1 a: to wrench open or tear apart or to pieces: rend b: to split with force or violence "lightning rived the tree"
2. a: to divide into pieces: shatter b: fracture ~ vi: to become split: crack syn see tear