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rife | riven |

As a proper noun rife

is (region in northern morocco).

As a verb riven is

.

As an adjective riven is

torn apart.

rife

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Widespread, common (especially of unpleasant or harmful things).
    • Smallpox was rife after the siege had been lifted.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • Before the plague of London, inflammations of the lungs were rife and mortal.
  • * Milton
    • The tumult of loud mirth was rife .
  • * 1900 , Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams'', ''Avon Books , (translated by James Strachey) pg. 170:
    • The 'denominational considerations' mentioned below relate, of course, to anti-Semitic feeling, which was already rife in Vienna during the last years of the nineteenth century.
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic climbs highest to sink Benfica'' (in ''The Guardian , 15 May 2013)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/may/15/benfica-chelsea-europa-league]
    • They will have to reflect on a seventh successive defeat in a European final while Chelsea try to make sense of an eccentric season rife with controversy and bad feeling but once again one finishing on an exhilarating high.
  • Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.
    • These woodlands are rife with red deer.
  • (obsolete) Having power; active; nimble.
  • * J. Webster
    • What! I am rife a little yet.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Plentifully, abundantly.
    • The snowdrops grow rife on the slopes of Mount Pembroke.

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    riven

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Usage notes

    An alternative past participle of to rive is (rived), which is preferred in American English.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • torn apart
  • broken into pieces; split asunder

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