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A topographic surname from Old English - someone who lived near a cliff (Old English clif).
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A male given name transferred from the surname, popular in Britain in the mid-twentieth century.
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A village in Lacombe County, Alberta, Canada.
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A city in Dallas County and Polk County, Iowa, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Tooele County, Utah, United States.
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A town on the Clive River in Hawke's Bay region, New Zealand.
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An eastern suburb of Winsford, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6766).
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A village and civil parish in north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5124).
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noun
Burdock or agrimony.
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verb
To climb; ascend.
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To split; separate; cleave; chop.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
British general and statesman whose victory at Plassey in 1757 strengthened British control of India (1725-1774)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Robert Clive, Baron Clive, Baron Clive of Plassey
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Broader terms: general, full general, statesman, solon, national leader
History
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”).
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”).
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.
