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   Drive , v. t. [imp. Drove , formerly Drave (drāv); p. p. Driven ; p. pr. & vb. n. Driving.] [AS. drīfan; akin to OS. drīban, D. drijven, OHG. trīban, G. treiben, Icel. drīfa, Goth. dreiban.  Cf. Drift, Drove.]
   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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   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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   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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   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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   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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   (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
   Tomlinson.
   
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   To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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   Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw.
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   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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