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<blockquote>To <b>drive</b> the country, force the swains away. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.</def>

<i>Tomlinson.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To pass away; -- said of time.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<note>&hand; <i>Drive</i>, in all its senses, implies forcible or violent action. It is the reverse of to <i>lead</i>. To <i>drive</i> a body is to move it by applying a force behind; to <i>lead</i> is to cause to move by applying the force before, or in front. It takes a variety of meanings, according to the objects by which it is followed; as, <i>to drive an engine</i>, to direct and regulate its motions; <i>to drive logs</i>, to keep them in the current of a river and direct them in their course; <i>to drive feathers</i> or <i>down</i>, to place them in a machine, which, by a current of air, <i>drives</i> off the lightest to one end, and collects them by themselves. "My thrice-<i>driven</i> bed of down."</note>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Drive</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To rush and press with violence; to move furiously.</def>

<blockquote>Fierce Boreas <b>drove</b> against his flying sails. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Under cover of the night and a <b>driving</b> tempest. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Time <b>driveth</b> onward fast, And in a little while our lips are dumb. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.</def>

<blockquote>The hull <b>drives</b> on, though mast and sail be torn. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The chaise <b>drives</b> to Mr. Draper's chambers. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; <as>as, the coachman <ex>drove</ex> to my door</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with <i>at</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he <b>drove</b> at. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To distrain for rent.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<cs><col>To let drive</col>, <cd>to aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack. "Four rogues in buckram <i>let drive<i> at me."</cd></cs>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Drive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <def>Driven.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>Drive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of driving; a trip or an excursion in a carriage, as for exercise or pleasure; -- distinguished from a ride taken on horseback.</def>