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riv·et

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NOUN:

A metal bolt or pin having a head on one end, inserted through aligned holes in the pieces to be joined and then hammered on the plain end so as to form a second head.

TRANSITIVE VERB:
riv·et·ed, riv·et·ing, riv·ets

To fasten or secure with or as if with a rivet.
To hammer the headless end of so as to form a head and fasten something.
To fasten or secure firmly; fix.
To engross or hold (the attention, for example).

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French river, to attach

OTHER FORMS:
rivet·er(Noun)

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