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fordrive.

To drive away; expel.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To drive away; expel.

    UK · dialectal · transitive
  2. To drive about; drive here and there; drive astray.

    UK · dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English fordriven, from Old English fordrīfan (“to drive, sweep away, drive on, impel, compel, drive away, expel, overtax”), from Proto-West Germanic *fradrīban, from Proto-Germanic *fradrībaną (“to drive away, drive out, expel”), equivalent to for- + drive. Cognate with West Frisian fordriuwe, ferdriuwe (“to expel”), Dutch verdrijven (“to expel”), German Low German verdrieven (“to drive away”), German vertreiben (“to expel, drive out, banish”), Danish fordrive (“to oust, expel”), Swedish fördriva (“to drive away, drive out, banish”).

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