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Torn vs Unreaved - What's the difference?

torn | unreaved |

As a verb torn

is (rip, rend, speed).

As an adjective unreaved is

(obsolete) not torn, split, or parted.

torn

English

Verb

(head)
  • (rip, rend, speed).

    • Usage notes

    * The past participle of the (tear), meaning "produce liquid from the eyes", is (teared). English irregular past participles ----

    unreaved

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Not torn, split, or parted.
  • * Bishop Joseph Hall
    • Couldst thou think that a cottage not too strongly built, and standing so bleak in the very mouth of the winds, could for any long time hold tight and unreaved ?