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fordrive

verb

Etymology

From Middle English fordriven, from Old English fordrīfan (“to drive, sweep away, drive on, impel, compel, drive away, expel, overtax”), from Proto-West Germanic *fradrīban, from Proto-Germanic *fradrībaną (“to drive away, drive out, expel”), equivalent to for- + drive. Cognate with West Frisian fordriuwe, ferdriuwe (“to expel”), Dutch verdrijven (“to expel”), German Low German verdrieven (“to drive away”), German vertreiben (“to expel, drive out, banish”), Danish fordrive (“to oust, expel”), Swedish fördriva (“to drive away, drive out, banish”).

  1. inherited from *fradrībaną✻ — “to drive away, drive out, expel”
  2. inherited from *fradrīban✻
  3. inherited from fordrīfan — “to drive, sweep away, drive on, impel, compel, drive away, expel, overtax”
  4. inherited from fordriven

Definitions

  1. To drive away

    To drive away; expel.

  2. To drive about

    To drive about; drive here and there; drive astray.

The neighborhood

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