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bedrive.

To drive or toss about; drive out, off, back, or away; defeat.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To drive or toss about; drive out, off, back, or away; defeat.

    archaic · transitive
  2. To effect; do; commit; perpetrate; experience.

    archaic · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English bidriven, from Old English bedrīfan (“to drive; beat; strike; assail; follow up; pursue; surround; cover”), from Proto-West Germanic *bidrīban, equivalent to be- + drive. Cognate with Dutch bedrijven (“to commit, perpetrate”), German betreiben (“to operate, conduct, pursue”), Swedish bedriva (“to manage, carry on, prosecute”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.