TO DRIVE
\tə dɹˈa͡ɪv], \tə dɹˈaɪv], \t_ə d_ɹ_ˈaɪ_v]\
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Preterite DROVE, anciently DRAVE, part, pass. DRIVEN or DROVE. To force along by impetuous pressure; to expel by force from any place; to force or urge in any direction; to guide and regulate a carriage; to make animals march along under guidance; to clear any place by forcing away what is in it; to force, to compel; to carry on; To drive out, to expel.
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To go as impelled by any external agent; to rush with violence; to pass in a carriage; to tend to, to consider as the scope and ultimate design; to aim, to strike at with fury.
By Thomas Sheridan
