dreve

English

Alternative forms

• drove

Etymology

From Middle English dreven (also droven), from Old English drēfan, *drōfian (“to trouble, vex, agitate, disturb the mind of”), from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną (“to disturb, excite, make muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment”). Cognate with Low German dröven, Dutch droeven (“to be sad, grieve”), German trüben (“to dull, dim, cloud, tarnish, trouble”), Swedish bedröva (“to grieve, sadden, distress”). Related to droff.

Verb

1. (transitive, obsolete) To trouble; afflict; make anxious.

Anagrams

• Dever, Verde

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːvə

Verb

dreve

1. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular past subjunctive of drijven

Anagrams

• veder, verde, vrede