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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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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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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. |
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To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. |
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To clear, by forcing away what is contained. |
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To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or
tunnel. |
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To pass away; -- said of time. |
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To rush and press with violence; to move furiously. |
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To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any
physical force or agent; to be driven. |
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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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To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an
effort; to strive; -- usually with at. |
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To distrain for rent. |
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Driven. |
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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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A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared
for driving. |
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Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; esp., a
forced or hurried dispatch of business. |
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In type founding and forging, an impression or matrix,
formed by a punch drift. |
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A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to
be floated down a river. |
