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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.
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O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. --Shak.
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2. To part or open naturally; to divide.
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Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the
cleft into two claws. --Deut. xiv.
6.
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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[imac]fa to climb. Cf. {Climb}.]
1. To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.
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My bones cleave to my skin. --Ps. cii. 5.
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The diseases of Egypt . . . shall cleave unto thee.
--Deut.
xxviii. 60.
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Sophistry cleaves close to and protects
Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects.
--Cowper.
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2. To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to
adhere with strong attachment.
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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his
mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. --Gen. ii.
24.
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Cleave unto the Lord your God. --Josh. xxiii.
8.
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3. To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate. [Poetic.]
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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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Cleave \Cleave\, v. i.
To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies;
as, the ground cleaves by frost.
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The Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst. --Zech.
xiv. 4.
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