"fordrive" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fordrives [present, singular, third-person], fordriving [participle, present], fordrove [past], fordriven [participle, past]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fordriven}} Middle English fordriven, {{inh|en|ang|fordrīfan|t=to drive, sweep away, drive on, impel, compel, drive away, expel, overtax}} Old English fordrīfan (“to drive, sweep away, drive on, impel, compel, drive away, expel, overtax”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*fradrīban}} Proto-West Germanic *fradrīban, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fradrībaną|t=to drive away, drive out, expel}} Proto-Germanic *fradrībaną (“to drive away, drive out, expel”), {{af|en|for-|drive}} for- + drive, {{cog|fy|fordriuwe}} West Frisian fordriuwe, {{m|fy|ferdriuwe|t=to expel}} ferdriuwe (“to expel”), {{cog|nl|verdrijven|t=to expel}} Dutch verdrijven (“to expel”), {{cog|nds-de|verdrieven|t=to drive away}} German Low German verdrieven (“to drive away”), {{cog|de|vertreiben|t=to expel, drive out, banish}} German vertreiben (“to expel, drive out, banish”), {{cog|da|fordrive|t=to oust, expel}} Danish fordrive (“to oust, expel”), {{cog|sv|fördriva|t=to drive away, drive out, banish}} Swedish fördriva (“to drive away, drive out, banish”) Head templates: {{en-verb|fordrives|fordriving|fordrove|fordriven}} fordrive (third-person singular simple present fordrives, present participle fordriving, simple past fordrove, past participle fordriven)
  1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To drive away; expel. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-fordrive-en-verb-U3iC~vSi Categories (other): British English
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To drive about; drive here and there; drive astray. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-fordrive-en-verb-8ovfnZrF Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: drive

Inflected forms

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