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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cloven \Clo"ven\, p. p. & a. from {Cleave}, v. t. {To show the cloven foot} or {hoof}, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Cleft} (kl[e^]ft), {Clave} (kl[=a]v, Obs.), {Clove} (kl[=o]v, Obsolescent); p. p. {Cleft}, {Cleaved} (kl[=e]vd) or {Cloven} (kl[=o]"v'n); p. pr & vb n. {Cleaving}.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS cle['o]fan; akin to OS klioban D. klooven G. klieben Icel. klj[=u]fa, Sw klyfva Dan. kl["o]ve and prob. to Gr gly`fein to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf {Cleft}.] 1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut. O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. --Shak. 2. To part or open naturally; to divide. Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws. --Deut. xiv. 6. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cloven adj : used of hooves [syn: {cleft}, {bisulcate}]
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