todrive

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todrive

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From Middle English todriven, from Old English tōdrīfan (“to drive away, repel”), from Proto-Germanic *tōdrībaną (“to drive apart”), equivalent to to- + drive. Cognate with Old Frisian todrīva, Middle High German zetrīben (“to drive asunder”).

verb todrives · todriving · todrove · todriven

ambitransitive, obsolete To scatter. Swift was the flight todriven; The Hord lord singed houses.

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@misc{todrive_2026,
  title = {todrive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/todrive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}