todrive

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verb

To scatter.

OriginMiddle English todriven ← Old English tōdrīfan ← Proto-Germanic *tōdrībaną →
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Meanings

verbtodrive (third-person singular simple present todrives, present participle todriving, simple past todrove, past participle todriven)

present singular third person todrives · participle present todriving · past todrove · participle past todriven

  1. ambitransitiveobsoleteTo scatter.

    Swift was the flight todriven; The Hord lord singed houses.

    1895, Eiríkr Magnússon, William Morris, The Saga Library

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
disperse

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*tōdrībaną“to drive apart”
  2. Old Englishtōdrīfan“to drive away, repel”
  3. Middle Englishtodriven
  4. Englishtodrive

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”).

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APA

todrive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/todrive

MLA

“todrive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/todrive. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “todrive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/todrive.

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