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(1):

(n.) A shallow place in a stream; a ford.

(2):

(v. t.) To cleave; to rive; to split; as, to rift an oak or a rock; to rift the clouds.

(3):

(v. i.) To burst open; to split.

(4):

(n.) An opening made by riving or splitting; a cleft; a fissure.

(5):

p. p. of Rive.

(6):

(v. i.) To belch.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rift'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rift.html. 1828.
 
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