[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drave \drave\,
   old imp. of drive. obs.
   1913 webster
see also:
drive 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drive \drive\ drimacv, v. t. imp. drove dr=ov,
   formerly drave dr=av; p. p. driven dri^v'n; p.
   pr.  vb. n. driving. as. drimacfan; akin to os.
   drimacban, d. drijven, ohg. trimacban, g. treiben, icel.
   drimacfa, 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.
      1913 webster

            a storm came on and drove them into pylos. --jowett
                                                  thucyd. .
      1913 webster

            shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

            go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. --pope.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            how . . . proud he was to drive such a brother
                                                  --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   4. to carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
      now used only colloquially. --bacon.
      1913 webster

            the trade of life can not be driven without
            partners.                             --collier.
      1913 webster

   5. to clear, by forcing away what is contained.
      1913 webster

            to drive the country, force the swains away.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   6. mining to dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery
      or tunnel. --tomlinson.
      1913 webster

   7. to pass away; -- said of time. obs. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

   8. specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to
      propel the ball swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible
      throw.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   9. to operate a vehicle while it is on motion, by
      manipulating the controls, such as the steering,
      propulsion, and braking mechanisms.
      pjc
see also:
drove drave driven driving drift 

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