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Drive (drīv), v. t. [imp. Drove (drōv), formerly Drave (drāv); p. p. Driven (drĭv'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Driving.] [AS. drīfan; akin to OS. drīban, D. drijven, OHG. trīban, G. treiben, Icel. drīfa, Goth. dreiban. Cf. Drift, Drove.]
1. To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, “to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room.”
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A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. Jowett (Thucyd. ).
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Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along. Pope.
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Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. Pope.
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2. To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, “to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door.”
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How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother! Thackeray.
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3. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, “to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like”. “ Enough to drive one mad.” Tennyson.
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He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had done for his. Sir P. Sidney.
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4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. [Now used only colloquially.] Bacon.
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The trade of life can not be driven without partners. Collier.
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5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
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To drive the country, force the swains away. Dryden.
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6. (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. Tomlinson.
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7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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8. Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw.
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9. to operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by manipulating the controls, such as the steering, propulsion, and braking mechanisms.
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Driven (?), p. p. of Drive. Also adj.
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Driven well, a well made by driving a tube into the earth to an aqueous stratum; -- called also drive well.
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