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Leavest vs Cleavest - What's the difference?

leavest | cleavest |

In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between leavest and cleavest

is that leavest is (archaic) (leave) while cleavest is (archaic) (cleave).

As verbs the difference between leavest and cleavest

is that leavest is (archaic) (leave) while cleavest is (archaic) (cleave).

leavest

English

Verb

(head)
  • (archaic) (leave)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1878, author=Michael Angelo Buonarroti & Tommaso Campanella, title=Sonnets, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=But thou, thyself not knowing, leavest all For a poor price to strangers; since thy head Is weak, albeit thy limbs are stout and good. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1881, author=Madge Morris, title=Debris, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Each loved one that thou leavest here, Some other love may wear, Each heart will have some other heart Its loneliness to share. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1901, author=Charles Alfred Downer, title=Frédéric Mistral, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="My head is bursting, and since from the heights of my supernatural love a thunderbolt thus hurls me down, since, nothing, nothing henceforth, from this moment on, can give me joy, since, cruel woman, when thou couldst throw me a rope, thou leavest me, in dismay, to drink the bitter current--let death come, black hiding-place, bottomless abyss! let me plunge down head first!" }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1544-1595, author=Edward Fairfax (1560-1635);, title=Jerusalem Delivered, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=XXXVI "Whither, O cruel! leavest thou me alone?" }}

    cleavest

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (cleave)

    • cleave

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) cleven, from the (etyl) strong verb .

    Verb

  • To split or sever something with, or as if with, a sharp instrument.
    • The wings cleaved the foggy air.
  • * Shakespeare
    • O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain.
  • (mineralogy) To break a single crystal (such as a gemstone or semiconductor wafer) along one of its more symmetrical crystallographic planes (often by impact), forming facets on the resulting pieces.
  • To make or accomplish by or as if by cutting.
    • The truck cleaved a path through the ice.
  • (chemistry) To split (a complex molecule) into simpler molecules.
  • To split.
  • (mineralogy) Of a crystal, to split along a natural plane of division.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (technology) Flat, smooth surface produced by cleavage, or any similar surface produced by similar techniques, as in glass.
    • Related terms
    * cleavage * cleft

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) cleofian, from (etyl) . Cognates include German kleben, Dutch kleven.

    Verb

    (cleav)
  • To cling, adhere or stick fast to something; used with to or unto.

    • References

    * * English contranyms English irregular verbs English terms with multiple etymologies