dreve

Meaning

Verb

To trouble; afflict; make anxious.

Origin

From Middle English dreven (also droven), from Old English drēfan, *drōfian, from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ-. Cognate with Low German dröven, Dutch droeven, German trüben, Swedish bedröva. Related to droff.

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