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Rivel vs Rives - What's the difference?

rivel | rives |

As a verb rivel

is to shrivel, wrinkle (up).

As a noun rivel

is (obsolete) a wrinkle; a rimple.

As a proper noun rives is

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rivel

English

Verb

(rivell)
  • To shrivel, wrinkle (up).
  • To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel.
  • *, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.279:
  • they crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many anatomies […].

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A wrinkle; a rimple.
  • (Holland)
  • (US) A kind of dumpling made from egg and wheat flour, often eaten in soup.
  • Anagrams

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    rives

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (rive)
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