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  • 1Rend — (r[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rent} (r[e^]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[ae]na to rob, plunder, Ir. rannaim… …

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  • 2rend — [rend] vt. rent, rending [ME renden < OE rendan, akin to OFris renda < IE base * rendh , to tear apart > RIND, Sans randhram, fissure, split] 1. to tear, pull, or rip with violence: with from, off, away, etc. 2. to tear, pull apart, rip… …

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  • 3rend — v. (past and past part. rent) archaic or rhet. 1 tr. (foll. by off, from, away, etc.; also absol.) tear or wrench forcibly. 2 tr. & intr. split or divide in pieces or into factions (a country rent by civil war). 3 tr. cause emotional pain to (the …

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  • 4rend — rendible, adj. /rend/, v., rent, rending. v.t. 1. to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces. 2. to tear apart, split, or divide: a racial problem that is rending the nation. 3. to pull or tear violently… …

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  • 5rend — Synonyms and related words: abrade, afflict, amputate, atomize, ax, badger, bark, bisect, blackmail, blemish, bloody, break, break to pieces, burn, butcher, carve, chafe, check, chip, chop, claim, claw, cleave, crack, craze, cut, cut away, cut in …

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  • 6rend — [c]/rɛnd / (say rend) verb (rent, rending) –verb (t) 1. to separate into parts with force or violence: rent to pieces. 2. to tear apart, split, or divide. 3. to pull or tear (away, off, up, etc.) violently. 4. to tear (one s garments or hair) in… …

  • 7rend — verb a) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst Powder rends a rock in blasting. b) To part or tear off forcibly; to take away b …

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  • 8rend — v. a. 1. Break, sever, dissever, sunder, rive, rupture, shiver, cleave, split, crack, snap, burst, fracture, lacerate, dilacerate, tear, tear asunder, break asunder. 2. Tear away, part with violence …

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  • 9To rap and rend — Rend Rend (r[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rent} (r[e^]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[ae]na to rob, plunder, Ir …

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  • 10To rap and rend — Rap Rap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rapped} (r[a^]pt), usually written {Rapt}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rapping}.] [OE. rapen; akin to LG. & D. rapen to snatch, G. raffen, Sw. rappa; cf. Dan. rappe sig to make haste, and Icel. hrapa to fall, to rush, hurry.… …

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