todrive en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English todriven, from Old English tōdrīfan (“to drive away, repel”), from Proto-Germanic *tōdrībaną (“to drive apart”), equivalent to to- + drive. Cognate with Old Frisian todrīva, Middle High German zetrīben (“to drive asunder”).
Meanings
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(ambitransitive, obsolete) To scatter.
Swift was the flight todriven; The Hord lord singed houses.
1895, Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris, The Saga Library:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| todriven | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| todrives | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| todrove | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| todriving | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |