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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rend \Rend\ (r[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rent} (r?nt); p. pr
& vb n. {Rending}.] [AS. rendan, hrendan cf OFries renda,
randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push
thrust, AS hrindan or cf Icel. r?na to rob, plunder, Ir
rannaim to divide, share, part W. rhanu Armor. ranna.]
1. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to
tear asunder; to split; to burst; as powder rends a rock
in blasting; lightning rends an oak.
The dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. --Shak.
2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
An empire from its old foundations rent. --Dryden.
I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. --1 Kings
xi 11.
{To rap and rend}. See under {Rap}, v. t., to snatch.
Syn: To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture;
crack; split.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rending
adj : resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped
apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split
with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as
the crowd surged forward" [syn: {ripping}, {splitting}]
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