"dreve" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dreves [present, singular, third-person], dreving [participle, present], dreved [participle, past], dreved [past]
Etymology: From Middle English dreven (also droven), from Old English drēfan, *drōfian (“to trouble, vex, agitate, disturb the mind of”), from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną (“to disturb, excite, make muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment”). Cognate with Low German dröven, Dutch droeven (“to be sad, grieve”), German trüben (“to dull, dim, cloud, tarnish, trouble”), Swedish bedröva (“to grieve, sadden, distress”). Related to droff. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dreven}} Middle English dreven, {{m|enm|droven}} droven, {{inh|en|ang|drēfan}} Old English drēfan, {{m|ang|*drōfian|t=to trouble, vex, agitate, disturb the mind of}} *drōfian (“to trouble, vex, agitate, disturb the mind of”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*drōbijaną|t=to disturb, excite, make muddy}} Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną (“to disturb, excite, make muddy”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*dʰrebʰ-|t=to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment”), {{cog|nds|dröven}} Low German dröven, {{cog|nl|droeven|t=to be sad, grieve}} Dutch droeven (“to be sad, grieve”), {{cog|de|trüben|t=to dull, dim, cloud, tarnish, trouble}} German trüben (“to dull, dim, cloud, tarnish, trouble”), {{cog|sv|bedröva|t=to grieve, sadden, distress}} Swedish bedröva (“to grieve, sadden, distress”), {{m|en|droff}} droff Head templates: {{en-verb}} dreve (third-person singular simple present dreves, present participle dreving, simple past and past participle dreved)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To trouble; afflict; make anxious. Tags: obsolete, transitive Synonyms: drove
    Sense id: en-dreve-en-verb-k3brtgR3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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