clive

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English cliven, from Old English clīfan (“to cleave, adhere, stick”), from Proto-West Germanic *klīban, from Proto-Germanic *klībaną (“to glue, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleybʰ- (“to lubricate, stick”). Cognate with Dutch kleven (“to adhere, stick”), German kleben (“to adhere, stick”), Swedish kliva (“to climb, stalk”), Icelandic klífa (“to climb, ascend”). ==== Verb ==== clive (third-person singular simple present clives, present participle cliving, simple past clived or clove, past participle clived or clove or cliven) (intransitive) To climb; ascend. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English *clive (in compound: Middle English garclive), from Old English clīfe (“clifers (cleavers), burdock”), from Proto-West Germanic *klībā. Cognate with Middle Dutch kleve, klijve (“burdock”), Middle Low German klive (“burdock”). ==== Noun ==== clive (plural clives) Burdock or agrimony. === Etymology 3 === From Middle English cliven, from Old Norse klyfja, klufða (“to split, chop, cleave”), from Proto-Germanic *kleubaną (“to split, pick”), from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to cut, carve, peel”). Cognate with Old English clēofan (“to cleave, split, separate”). Doublet of cleave. ==== Verb ==== clive (third-person singular simple present clives, present participle cliving, simple past and past participle clived) (transitive) To split; separate; cleave; chop. === Anagrams === Velic, velic == French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: clivent, clives === Verb === clive inflection of cliver: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Latin == === Noun === clīve vocative singular of clīvus == Middle English == === Noun === clive alternative form of clyf == Spanish == === Verb === clive inflection of clivar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative