GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Rift, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Rifting.] To cleave; to rive; to split; as, “to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.” Longfellow.
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To dwell these rifted rocks between. Wordsworth.
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