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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Cleft} (kl[e^]ft), {Clave} (kl[=a]v, Obs.), {Clove} (kl[=o]v, Obsolescent); p. p. {Cleft}, {Cleaved} (kl[=e]vd) or {Cloven} (kl[=o]"v'n); p. pr & vb n. {Cleaving}.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS cle['o]fan; akin to OS klioban D. klooven G. klieben Icel. klj[=u]fa, Sw klyfva Dan. kl["o]ve and prob. to Gr gly`fein 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[=e]v), v. i. [imp. {Cleaved} (kl[=e]vd), {Clave} (kl[=a]v, Obs.); p. p. {Cleaved}; p. pr & vb n. {Cleaving}.] [OE. cleovien clivien cliven, AS cleofian clifian akin to OS klib[=o]n, G. kleben LG kliven, D. kleven, Dan. kl[ae]be, Sw klibba and also to G. kleiben to cleve, paste, Icel. kl[=i]fa to climb. Cf {Climb}.] 1. To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast to cling. My bones cleave to my skin. --Ps. cii. 5. The diseases of Egypt . . . shall cleave unto thee. --Deut. xxviii. 60. Sophistry cleaves close to and protects Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects. --Cowper. 2. To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. --Gen. ii 24. Cleave unto the Lord your God. --Josh. xxiii. 8. 3. To fit to be adapted; to assimilate. [Poetic.] New honors come upon him Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mold But with the aid of use --Shak.
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