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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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    Drive, n.
    1. In various games, as tennis, cricket, etc., the act of player who drives the ball; the stroke or blow; the flight of the ball, etc., so driven.
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    2. (Golf) A stroke from the tee, generally a full shot made with a driver; also, the distance covered by such a stroke.
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      ☞ Drive, in all its senses, implies forcible or violent action. It is the reverse of to lead. To drive a body is to move it by applying a force behind; to lead is to cause to move by applying the force before, or in front. It takes a variety of meanings, according to the objects by which it is followed; as, to drive an engine, to direct and regulate its motions; to drive logs, to keep them in the current of a river and direct them in their course; to drive feathers or down, to place them in a machine, which, by a current of air, drives off the lightest to one end, and collects them by themselves. “My thrice-driven bed of down.”
      Shak.

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    Drive, v. i.
    1. To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.
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      Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails.
      Dryden.

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      Under cover of the night and a driving tempest.
      Prescott.

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      Time driveth onward fast,
      And in a little while our lips are dumb.
      Tennyson.

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    2. To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.
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      The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn.
      Byron.

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      The chaise drives to Mr. Draper's chambers.
      Thackeray.

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    3. To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door.
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    4. To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at.
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      Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at.
      South.

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    5. To distrain for rent. [Obs.]
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    6. (Golf) To make a drive, or stroke from the tee.
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    7. to go from one place to another in a vehicle, serving as the operator of the vehicle; to drive{9} a vehicle from one location to another. He drove from New York to Boston in four hours.
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      To let drive, to aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack. “Four rogues in buckram let drive at me.” 
      Shak.

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    Drive , p. p. Driven. [Obs.]
    Chaucer.

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    Drive , n.
    1. The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.
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    2. A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
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    3. Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
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      The Murdstonian drive in business.
      M. Arnold.

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    4. In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix, formed by a punch drift.
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    5. A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river. [Colloq.]
      Syn. -- See Ride.
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    6. a private road; a driveway.
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    7. a strong psychological motivation to perform some activity.
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    8. (Computers) a device for reading or writing data from or to a data storage medium, as a disk drive, a tape drive, a CD drive, etc.
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    9. an organized effort by a group to accomplish a goal within a limited period of time; as, a fund-raising drive.
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    10. a physiological function of an organism motivating it to perform specific behaviors; as, the sex drive.
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    11. (Football) the period during which one team sustains movement of the ball toward the opponent's goal without losing possession of the ball; as, a long drive downfield.
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    12. an act of driving a vehicle, especially an automobile; the journey undertaken by driving an automobile; as, to go for a drive in the country.
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    13. the mechanism which causes the moving parts of a machine to move; as, a belt drive.
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    14. the way in which the propulsive force of a vehicle is transmitted to the road; as, a car with four-wheel drive, front-wheel drive, etc.
      PJC

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