fordrive

Meaning

Verb

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

Origin

From Middle English fordriven, from Old English fordrīfan, from Proto-West Germanic *fradrīban, from Proto-Germanic *fradrībaną, equivalent to for- + drive.
Cognate with West Frisian fordriuwe, ferdriuwe, Dutch verdrijven, German Low German verdrieven, German vertreiben, Danish fordrive, Swedish fördriva.

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