Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cloven \Clo"ven\, p. p. & a.
   from {Cleave}, v. t.

   {To show the cloven foot} or {hoof}, to reveal a devilish
      character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding
      disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and
      symbolically as having cloven hoofs.

Cleave \Cleave\ (kl[=e]v), v. t. [imp. {Cleft} (kl[e^]ft),
   {Clave} (kl[=a]v, Obs.), {Clove} (kl[=o]v, Obsolescent); p.
   p. {Cleft}, {Cleaved} (kl[=e]vd) or {Cloven} (kl[=o]"v'n); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Cleaving}.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS.
   cle['o]fan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben,
   Icel. klj[=u]fa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. kl["o]ve and prob. to Gr.
   gly`fein to carve, L. glubere to peel. Cf. {Cleft}.]
   1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.

            O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. --Shak.

   2. To part or open naturally; to divide.

            Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the
            cleft into two claws.                 --Deut. xiv.
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Source : WordNet®

cloven
     See {cleave}

cleave
     v 1: separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument;
          "cleave the bone" [syn: {split}, {rive}]
     2: make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a
        channel into the rock"
     3: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and
        resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The
        label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
        [syn: {cling}, {adhere}, {stick}, {cohere}]
     [also: {cloven}, {clove}, {cleft}]

cloven
     adj : used of hooves [syn: {cleft}, {bisulcate}]