Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - rend
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v. (past and past part. rent) archaic or rhet. 1 tr. (foll. by off, from, away, etc.; also absol.) tear or wrench forcibly. 2 tr. & intr. split or divide in pieces or into factions (a country rent by civil war). 3 tr. cause emotional pain to (the heart etc.). Phrases and idioms rend the air sound piercingly. rend one's garments (or hair) display extreme grief or rage. Etymology: OE rendan, rel. to MLG rende
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verb (rent; also ~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ~an; akin to Old Frisian ~a to tear and perhaps to Sanskrit randhra hole Date: before 12th century transitive verb to remove from place by violence ; wrest, to split or tear apart or in pieces by violence, to tear (the hair or clothing) as a sign of anger, grief, or despair, 4. to lacerate mentally or emotionally, to pierce with sound, to divide (as a nation) into contesting factions, intransitive verb to perform an act of tearing or splitting, to become torn or split, see: tear ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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