CLEAVE
- to divide something by or as if by a cutting blow split.
- to split or divide
- to cling
- to remain faithful
- to split or divide [v CLAVE, CLEAVED, CLEAVES, CLEAVING, CLEFT, CLOVE, CLOVEN, CLOVEN]
- means to divide by or as if by a cutting blow and to separate into distinct parts and especially into groups having divergent views.