Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

withdrive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: with-drive
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To drive away, repel.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The same [Sorell] water withdryueth impetigines."
"[…] would result in a reduction in the numbers of this vector of disease, proportionate to the thoroughness and persistence with which the procedures were carried out. Centuries ago wise men taught, that to 'withdrive' THE GREAT FAMINE."
"If somebody bought sex from prostitute it is not his sex if prostitute withdrove consent? But if i withdrove consent i wont get my money back?"

Etymology

From Middle English *withdriven, from Old English wiþdrīfan (“to repel”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþidrīban (“to drive back”), equivalent to with- + drive. Cognate with Old Frisian withdrīva (“to restore”). Compare also Old High German widartrīban (“to drive back, refute”), whence archaic German widertreiben (“to drive back, prevent, thwart”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: with
Root: *withdriven, wiþdrīfan, *wiþidrīban

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

withdrives (present, singular) withdriving (participle, present) withdrove (past) withdriven (participle, past)

Questions

What does withdrive mean?: To drive away, repel.
Where does withdrive come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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