different between cloven vs bifurcate

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??v?n
• Rhymes: -u?v?n

Verb

cloven

1. past participle of cleave

Adjective

cloven

1. Split, sundered, or divided.
   • 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II Scene 2

     CALIBAN:

     [...]

     His spirits hear me,

     And yet I needs must curse. But they'll nor pinch

     Fright me with urchin-shows, pitch me i'th' mire,

     Nor lead me like a firebrand in the dark

     Out of my way, unless he bid 'em; but

     For every trifle are they set upon me,

     Sometimes like apes that now and chatter at me,

     And after bite me; then like hedgehogs, which

     Lie tumbling in my barefoot way, and mount

     Their pricks at my footfall; sometimes am I

     All wound with adders, who with their cloven tongues

     Do hiss me into madness—

     [...]

Derived terms

• cloven foot, cloven-footed
• cloven hoof, cloven-hoofed

Translations

Middle English

Alternative forms

• clove, clofenn, clovyn, clofen, i-clove, y clove

Etymology

From Old English clofen, ?eclofen, past participle of cl?ofan, from Proto-Germanic *klubanaz, past participle of *kleuban?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kl??v?n/, /?kl??v?/, /i?kl??v?/, /??kl??v?/

Verb

cloven

1. past participle of cleven (“to split”)

Descendants

• English: cloven
• Scots: clowen, cloen

References

• “cl?ve(n, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-31.

Adjective

cloven

1. Split, cloven, separated, divided (used of anatomical features)

Descendants

• English: cloven
• Scots: clowen, cloen

References

• “cl?ve(n, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-31.

English

Etymology

From New Latin bifurc?tus, from bi- (“twice, bi-”) +? furca (“two-pronged fork”) +? -?tus (“-ate”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??.f?k.e?t/
• (General American, adjective) IPA^(key): /ba??f?.k?t/
• (General American, verb) IPA^(key): /?ba?.f??ke?t/, /ba??f??ke?t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k?t

Adjective

bifurcate (not comparable)

1. Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
2. Having bifurcations.

Translations

Verb

bifurcate (third-person singular simple present bifurcates, present participle bifurcating, simple past and past participle bifurcated)

1. (intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
2. (transitive) To cause to bifurcate.

Synonyms

Related terms

Translations

Latin

Adjective

bifurc?te

1. vocative masculine singular of bifurc?tus