clive
English
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English cliven, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English clīfan (“to cleave, adhere, stick”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *klībaną (“to glue, stick”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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
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
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English clife (“clifers (cleavers), burdock”). Cognate with Middle Dutch kleve, klijve (“burdock”), Middle Low German klive (“burdock”).
Noun
clive (plural clives)
Etymology 3
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English cliven, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse klyfja, klufða (“to split, chop, cleave”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *kleubaną (“to split, pick”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to cut, carve, peel”). Cognate with Old English clēofan (“to cleave, split, separate”). More at cleave.
Verb
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- (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 [...]
- 1990, John Ashurst, Francis G. Dimes, Conservation of building and decorative stone: Volume 1:
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Pronunciation
Verb
clive
- first-person singular present indicative of cliver
- third-person singular present indicative of cliver
- first-person singular present subjunctive of cliver
- third-person singular present subjunctive of cliver
- second-person singular imperative of cliver
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) clīve
Middle English
Noun
clive
- Alternative form of clyf
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