Cleave
Cleave (klēv) , intransitive verb
[Old English cleovien, clivien, cliven, Anglo-Saxon cleofian, clifian; akin to Old Saxon klibōn, German kleben, LG. kliven, Dutch kleven, Danish klabe, Swedish klibba, and also to German kleiben to cleve, paste, Icelandic klīfa to climb. Compare Climb.]
1.
To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling. [Obsolete]
My bones cleave to my skin.
The diseases of Egypt... shall cleave unto thee.
Sophistry cleaves close to and protects
Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects.
2.
To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife.
Cleave unto the Lord your God.
3.
To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate. [Poetic.]
New honors come upon him,
Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mold
But with the aid of use.
Cleave (klēv) , transitive verb
[Old English cleoven, cleven, Anglo-Saxon cleófan; akin to Old Saxon klioban, Dutch klooven, German klieben, Icelandic kljūfa, Swedish klyfva, Danish klove and prob. to Greek gly`fein to carve, Latin glubere to peel. Compare Cleft.]
1.
To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut. [Obsolete; Obsolescent]
O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain.
2.
To part or open naturally; to divide.
Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws.
Cleave , intransitive verb
To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.
The Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst.