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| − | ’’’Cleft’’’ and ’’’cloven’’’ are the two accepted variant forms of the [[-ed participle]] of the [[verb]] ‘to [[cleave (split)|cleave]]’ meaning ‘to split’. Either may be used with the [[auxiliary verb]]s ‘to have’ and ‘to be’; but there are conventional differences in their uses as [[participial adjective]]s. (There is only a very rare, negligible, use of ’’’cloven’’’ as a [[noun]], lthough ‘a | + | ’’’Cleft’’’ and ’’’cloven’’’ are the two accepted variant forms of the [[-ed participle]] of the [[verb]] ‘to [[cleave (split)|cleave]]’ meaning ‘to split’. Either may be used with the [[auxiliary verb]]s ‘to have’ and ‘to be’; but there are conventional differences in their uses as [[participial adjective]]s. (There is only a very rare, negligible, use of ’’’cloven’’’ as a [[noun]], lthough ‘a '''cleft'''' is fairly common to label any gap as the result of splitting, or [[figurative]] equivalents.) |
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’’’Cleft’’’ and ’’’cloven’’’ are the two accepted variant forms of the -ed participle of the verb ‘to cleave’ meaning ‘to split’. Either may be used with the auxiliary verbs ‘to have’ and ‘to be’; but there are conventional differences in their uses as participial adjectives. (There is only a very rare, negligible, use of ’’’cloven’’’ as a noun, lthough ‘a cleft' is fairly common to label any gap as the result of splitting, or figurative equivalents.)
- As participial adjectives,
- ’’’cleft’’’ is used with such physical processes as cleft lips and cleft palates;
- ’’’’cloven’’’ is used with animal feet,normally “the divided hoof of ruminant quadrupeds” (‘’OED’’). This came to be associated above all with Satan and the other devils.
