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English word river comes from Vulgar Latin *riparia, Vulgar Latin *rīpāria, and later Old French (842-ca. 1400) riviere (River.)
*riparia (Vulgar Latin)
*rīpāria (Vulgar Latin)
riviere (Old French)
River.
rivere (Anglo-Norman)
rivere (Middle English)
river (English)
(poker) To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game. (poker) The last card dealt in a hand.. A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, ending at an ocean or in an inland sea.. Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.