fordrive

English

Etymology

From Middle English fordriven, from Old English fordrīfan (“to drive, sweep away, drive on, impel, compel, drive away, expel, overtax”), from Proto-Germanic *fradrībaną (“to drive away, drive out, expel”), equivalent to for- +‎ drive. Cognate with West Frisian fordriuwe, ferdriuwe (“to expel”), Dutch verdrijven (“to expel”), German Low German verdrieven (“to drive away”), German vertreiben (“to expel, drive out, banish”), Danish fordrive (“to oust, expel”), Swedish fördriva (“to drive away, drive out, banish”).

Verb

fordrive (third-person singular simple present fordrives, present participle fordriving, simple past fordrove, past participle fordriven)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To drive away; expel.
2. (transitive, UK dialectal) To drive about; drive here and there; drive astray.

Related terms

• drive

Anagrams

• Fervidor

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

for- +‎ drive, from Middle Low German vordriven

Verb

fordrive (imperative fordriv, present tense fordriver, passive fordrives, simple past fordrev or fordreiv, past participle fordrevet, present participle fordrivende)

1. to drive away, drive out, expel, banish, dispel
2. fordrive tiden: to while away / pass the time

References

• “fordrive” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

for- +‎ drive, from Middle Low German vordriven

Verb

fordrive (present tense fordriv, past tense fordreiv, past participle fordrive, passive infinitive fordrivast, present participle fordrivande, imperative fordriv)

1. to drive away, drive out, expel, banish, dispel
2. fordrive tida: to while away / pass the time

Alternative forms

• fordriva

References

• “fordrive” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.