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Drave \
Drave \,
old imp .
of {
Drive }. [
Obs .]
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1913 Webster ]
Drive \
Drive \ (
dr [
imac ]
v ),
v .
t . [
imp . {
Drove } (
dr [=
o ]
v ),
formerly {
Drave } (
dr [=
a ]
v );
p .
p . {
Driven } (
dr [
i ^]
v '
n );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Driving }.] [
AS .
dr [
imac ]
fan ;
akin to OS .
dr [
imac ]
ban ,
D .
drijven ,
OHG .
tr [
imac ]
ban ,
G .
treiben ,
Icel .
dr [
imac ]
fa ,
Goth .
dreiban .
Cf . {
Drift }, {
Drove }.]
1 .
To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one ,
or along before one ;
to push forward ;
to compel to move on ;
to communicate motion to ;
as ,
to drive cattle ;
to drive a nail ;
smoke drives persons from a room .
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A storm came on and drove them into Pylos . --
Jowett (
Thucyd . ).
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Shield pressed on shield ,
and man drove man along .
--
Pope .
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Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey . --
Pope .
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2 .
To urge on and direct the motions of ,
as the beasts which draw a vehicle ,
or the vehicle borne by them ;
hence ,
also ,
to take in a carriage ;
to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts ;
as ,
to drive a pair of horses or a stage ;
to drive a person to his own door .
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How . . .
proud he was to drive such a brother !
--
Thackeray .
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3 .
To urge ,
impel ,
or hurry forward ;
to force ;
to constrain ;
to urge ,
press ,
or bring to a point or state ;
as ,
to drive a person by necessity ,
by persuasion ,
by force of circumstances ,
by argument ,
and the like . "
Enough to drive one mad ." --
Tennyson .
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He ,
driven to dismount ,
threatened ,
if I did not do the like ,
to do as much for my horse as fortune had done for his . --
Sir P .
Sidney .
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4 .
To carry or ;
to keep in motion ;
to conduct ;
to prosecute .
[
Now used only colloquially .] --
Bacon .
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The trade of life can not be driven without partners . --
Collier .
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5 .
To clear ,
by forcing away what is contained .
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To drive the country ,
force the swains away .
--
Dryden .
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6 . (
Mining )
To dig Horizontally ;
to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel . --
Tomlinson .
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7 .
To pass away ; --
said of time . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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8 .
Specif .,
in various games ,
as tennis ,
baseball ,
etc .,
to propel (
the ball )
swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw .
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Webster 1913 Suppl .]
9 .
to operate (
a vehicle )
while it is on motion ,
by manipulating the controls ,
such as the steering ,
propulsion ,
and braking mechanisms .
[
PJC ]
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