Dicionário

Cleave (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cleave (klēv), v. t. [imp.Cleft (klĕft), Clave (klāv, Obs.), Clove (klōv, Obsolescent); p. p.Cleft, Cleaved (klēvd) or Cloven (klō″v'n); p. pr. & vb. n.Cleaving.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cleófan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben, Icel. kljūfa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. klöve and prob. to Gr. γλύφειν to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf. Cleft.] 1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.

O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain.

Shak.

2. To part or open naturally; to divide.

Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws.

Deut. xiv. 6.