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fordrive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
for-drive
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To drive away; expel.

British usage; Transitive verb

verb

To drive about; drive here and there; drive astray.

British usage; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English fordriven, from Old English fordrīfan (“to drive, sweep away, drive on, impel, compel, drive away, expel, overtax”), from Proto-West Germanic *fradrīban, from Proto-Germanic *fradrībaną (“to drive away, drive out, expel”), equivalent to for- + drive. Cognate with West Frisian fordriuwe, ferdriuwe (“to expel”), Dutch verdrijven (“to expel”), German Low German verdrieven (“to drive away”), German vertreiben (“to expel, drive out, banish”), Danish fordrive (“to oust, expel”), Swedish fördriva (“to drive away, drive out, banish”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

fordrives (present, singular) fordriving (participle, present) fordrove (past) fordriven (participle, past)

Frequently Paired Words

drive foredrive

Questions

What does fordrive mean?
To drive away; expel.
Where does fordrive come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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