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    [Verb]  | "cleave" | \ ˈklēv \


    1: to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English clevien, from Old English clifian; akin to Old High German kleben to stick;

    [Verb]  | "cleave" 


    1: to divide by or as if by a cutting blow : split

    2: to separate into distinct parts and especially into groups having divergent views

    3: to subject to chemical cleavage


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English cleven, from Old English clēofan; akin to Old Norse kljūfa to split, Latin glubere to peel, Greek glyphein to carve;

    [Phrasal verb]  | "cleave to" 


    1: to stay very close to (someone)

    2: to stick closely to (something) —usually used figuratively

    [Verb]  | "cleaves" 


    1: to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion;


      * e.g., " ... you should resolutely cleave to the facts in your report "



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    [Verb]  | "cleave" 


    1: to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion;


      * e.g., " ... you should resolutely cleave to the facts in your report "



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