"todrive" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: todrives [present, singular, third-person], todriving [participle, present], todrove [past], todriven [participle, past]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|todriven}} Middle English todriven, {{inh|en|ang|tōdrīfan||to drive away, repel}} Old English tōdrīfan (“to drive away, repel”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tōdrībaną||to drive apart}} Proto-Germanic *tōdrībaną (“to drive apart”), {{prefix|en|to|drive}} to- + drive, {{cog|ofs|todrīva}} Old Frisian todrīva, {{cog|gmh|zetrīben||to drive asunder}} Middle High German zetrīben (“to drive asunder”) Head templates: {{en-verb|todrives|todriving|todrove|todriven}} todrive (third-person singular simple present todrives, present participle todriving, simple past todrove, past participle todriven)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To scatter. Tags: intransitive, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-todrive-en-verb-4cMl-Q7~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with to-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for todrive meaning in English (2.4kB)

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