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rend(2)(dictionary)
rend(dictionary)

rend(2) (iou)



rend verb. , rended. See also RENT ppl adjective.
[Old English rendan = Old Frisian renda rel. to Middle Low German rende.]
verb trans.
a. Tear, pull violently, wrench. Foll. by away, off, out of, up, etc. OE.
G. K. Chesterton He rent the branch out of the tree. absol.: Shelley The dagger heals not, but may rend again.
b. Take (a thing) forcibly away from a person. E17.
verb trans. Tear apart or in pieces; split, divide. Later also (fig.), divide into or into factions etc. OE.
E. Waugh Navvies..were rending the road with mechanical drills. W. S. Churchill American society was rent by strong conflicting interests. G. Daly Ned's affair with Mary rent their life in two.
b. Tear (one's clothes or hair) out of rage, grief, horror, or despair. ME.
c. Wear out (clothes) by tearing. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
d. Make (laths) by splitting wood along the grain into thin strips. Also, strip (a tree) of bark. L17.
verb intrans. Burst, split, break, tear. ME.
verb trans.
a. Cause emotional pain to (a person, the heart, etc.). M16.
b. Sound piercingly in (the air, sky, etc.). E17.
A. McCowen Shrieks of 'Darling!' rend the air.