bedriven

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English

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Verb

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bedriven

  1. past participle of bedrive

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From be- +‎ driven.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bedriven

  1. to carry out, to perform
  2. to lead, to regulate
  3. to force, to necessitate

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: bedrijven
  • Limburgish: bedrieve

Further reading

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Middle Low German

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Etymology

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From be +‎ drîven.

Pronunciation

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  • (originally) IPA(key): /bəˈdriːvən/

Verb

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bedrîven

  1. to drive cattle
    1. to work a piece of land by using cattle
    2. to make use of something with cattle
  2. to practice, to perform a job
  3. to create, to produce
  4. to bribe, to seduce

Declension

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Derived terms

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Swedish

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Participle

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bedriven

  1. past participle of bedriva

Adjective

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bedriven

  1. operated, run, managed

Declension

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Inflection of bedriven
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular bedriven
Neuter singular bedrivet
Plural bedrivna
Masculine plural3 bedrivne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 bedrivne
All bedrivna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Anagrams

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