berendv.
/bɪˈrɛnd/ transitive. To rend or tear badly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > tear [verb (transitive)] > tear apart
to-loukc890
to-braidc893
to-tearc893
to-teec893
to-rendc950
to-breakc1200
to-tugc1220
to-lima1225
rivea1250
to-drawa1250
to-tosea1250
drawa1300
rendc1300
to-rit13..
to-rivec1300
to-tusec1300
rakea1325
renta1325
to-pullc1330
to-tightc1330
tirec1374
halea1398
lacerate?a1425
to-renta1425
yryve1426
raga1450
to pull to (or in) piecesc1450
ravec1450
discerp1483
pluck1526
rip1530
decerp1531
rift1534
dilaniate1535
rochec1540
rack1549
teasea1550
berend1577
distract1585
ream1587
distrain1590
unrive1592
unseam1592
outrive1598
divulse1602
dilacerate1604
harrow1604
tatter1608
mammocka1616
uprentc1620
divell1628
divellicate1638
seam-rend1647
proscind1659
skail1768
screeda1785
spret1832
to tear to shreds1837
ribbon1897
1577 N. Breton Floorish vpon Fancie sig. Kiij Who all berent dooth chaunge, among the Breares.
1596 W. Smith Chloris (1877) 9 Then red with ire, her tresses she berent.
Derivatives
beˈrent adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > tearing or tearing apart > [adjective] > torn or torn apart
betorna1300
forpinchedc1325
torn1362
broken1377
tatteringc1380
renta1382
fortorn1496
lacerate1514
lacerated1556
rented1559
rived1581
dilaniated1597
dilacerate1602
discerpted1607
berent1608
rended1612
breacheda1649
dilacerated1650
vultured1946
1608 R. Johnson Seauen Champions 66 With limbes and members all to berent and torne.
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