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torive

torive verb: to rive in pieces; rend.

Verb

torive (third-person singular simple present torives, present participle toriving, simple past and past participle torift or torived)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To rive in pieces; rend.

Forms of torive

third-person singular presenttorives
present participletoriving
past participletorift
pasttorift
past participletorived
pasttorived

Origin of torive

From Middle English toriven, equivalent to to- + rive.

Questions about torive

What does torive mean?
Torive means to rive in pieces; rend.
What part of speech is torive?
Torive is a verb.
What is the past tense of torive?
The past tense of torive is torift.

Words near torive in the dictionary

  1. toripalimab
  2. Toriphile
  3. Toriphiles
  4. torit
  5. torito
  6. torive
  7. Torkam
  8. torkance
  9. torkances
  10. Torkelson
  11. Torkelsons

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