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Fordrive

For-drive′

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Verb.
T.
To drive about; to drive here and there.
[Obs.]
Rom. of R.

Definition 2024

fordrive

fordrive

English

Verb

fordrive ‎(third-person singular simple present fordrives, present participle fordriving, simple past fordrove, past participle fordriven)

  1. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To drive away; expel.
  2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To drive about; drive here and there; drive astray.

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Etymology

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

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