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1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Rift \Rift\, obs.
      p. p. of Rive. --Spenser.
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2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Rift \Rift\, n. [Written also reft.] [Dan. rift, fr. rieve to
      rend. See Rive.]
      1. An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a
         fissure. --Spenser.
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      2. A shallow place in a stream; a ford.
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3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Rift \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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4.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Rift \Rift\, v. i.
      1. To burst open; to split. --Shak.
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               Timber . . . not apt to rif with ordnance. --Bacon.
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      2. To belch. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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