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Cleave (kl&ē;v), v. i. [imp. Cleaved (kl&ē;vd), Clave (kl&ā;v, Obs.); p. p. Cleaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.] [OE. cleovien, clivien, cliven, AS. cleofian, clifian; akin to OS. klib&ō;n, G. kleben, LG. kliven, D. kleven, Dan. klæbe, Sw. klibba, and also to G. kleiben to cleve, paste, Icel. kl&ī;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 (kl&ē;v), v. t. [imp. Cleft (klĕft), Clave (kl&ā;v, Obs.), Clove (kl&ō;v, Obsolescent); p. p. Cleft, Cleaved (kl&ē;vd) or Cloven (kl&ō;"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cleófan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben, Icel. klj&ū;fa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. kl&ö;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, 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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