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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.]
    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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    Drove , imp. of Drive.
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    Drove, n. [AS. drāf, fr. drīfan to drive. See Drive.]
    1. A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.
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    2. Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.
      Milton.

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    3. A crowd of people in motion.
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      Where droves, as at a city gate, may pass.
      Dryden.

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    4. A road for driving cattle; a driftway. [Eng.]
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    5. (Agric.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
      Simmonds.

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    6. (Masonry) (a) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel. (b) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.
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    Drove , v. t. & i.  [imp. & p. p. Droved ; p. pr. & vb. n. Droving .] [Cf. Drove, n., and Drover.]
    1. To drive, as cattle or sheep, esp. on long journeys; to follow the occupation of a drover.
      He's droving now with Conroy's sheep along the Castlereagh.
      Paterson.

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    2. To finish, as stone, with a drove or drove chisel.
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