clive
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English cliven, from Old English clīfan (“to cleave, adhere, stick”), from Proto-West Germanic *klīban, from Proto-Germanic *klībaną (“to glue, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleybʰ- (“to lubricate, stick”).
Cognate with Dutch kleven (“to adhere, stick”), German kleben (“to adhere, stick”), Swedish kliva (“to climb, stalk”), Icelandic klífa (“to climb, ascend”).
Verb edit
clive (third-person singular simple present clives, present participle cliving, simple past clived or clove, past participle clived or cliven)
- (intransitive) To climb; ascend.
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English *clive (in compound: Middle English garclive), from Old English clīfe (“clifers (cleavers), burdock”), from Proto-West Germanic *klībā. Cognate with Middle Dutch kleve, klijve (“burdock”), Middle Low German klive (“burdock”).
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clive (plural clives)
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle English cliven, from Old Norse klyfja, klufða (“to split, chop, cleave”), from Proto-Germanic *kleubaną (“to split, pick”), from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to cut, carve, peel”). Cognate with Old English clēofan (“to cleave, split, separate”). Doublet of cleave.
Verb edit
clive (third-person singular simple present clives, present participle cliving, simple past and past participle clived)
- (transitive) To split; separate; cleave; chop.
- 1990, John Ashurst, Francis G. Dimes, Conservation of building and decorative stone: Volume 1:
- After 'frosting' the stone may be 'clived' or split along the bedding planes. Once clived, the thin slabs are dressed for use and sold as Collyweston Slates, for use as tilestones.
- 2007, Robert Ader, Psychoneuroimmunology:
- IL-1β presents the peculiarity of being produced in the form of a biologically inactive precursor, known as proIL-1β, that needs to be clived at an aspartate residue by a specific enzyme, named interleukin-1β converting enzyme (ICE) or [...]
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clive
- inflection of cliver:
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clīve
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clive
- Alternative form of clyf
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clive
- inflection of clivar: