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1. Heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together
    
2. Ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault, shield or belt)
   - stud

1. Hold attention and exert mental effort on something
   - concentrate, focus, center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], pore, pore over
    
2. Fasten with a rivet or rivets
    
3. Hold (someone's attention)
   "The discovery of the skull riveted the palaeontologists"

Derived forms: riveted, riveting, rivets

Type of: absorb, cerebrate, cogitate, decoration, engage, engross, fasten, fix, occupy, ornament, ornamentation, pin, secure, think

Encyclopedia: Rivet, Paul