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bedrive

verb

Etymology

From Middle English bidriven, from Old English bedrīfan (“to drive; beat; strike; assail; follow up; pursue; surround; cover”), from Proto-West Germanic *bidrīban, equivalent to be- + drive. Cognate with Dutch bedrijven (“to commit, perpetrate”), German betreiben (“to operate, conduct, pursue”), Swedish bedriva (“to manage, carry on, prosecute”).

  1. inherited from *bidrīban✻
  2. inherited from bedrīfan — “to drive; beat; strike; assail; follow up; pursue; surround; cover”
  3. inherited from bidriven

Definitions

  1. To drive or toss about

    To drive or toss about; drive out, off, back, or away; defeat.

  2. To effect

    To effect; do; commit; perpetrate; experience.

    • And every man that standeth here would well bethink him what he hath done and bedriven in his days, he should the better have patience and pity on Reynart.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA