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Driven   /drˈɪvən/   Listen
verb
Drive  v. t.  (past drove, formerly drave; past part. driven; pres. part. driving)  
1.
To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room. "A storm came on and drove them into Pylos." "Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along." "Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey."
2.
To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door. "How... proud he was to drive such a brother!"
3.
To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like. " Enough to drive one mad." "He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had done for his."
4.
To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. (Now used only colloquially.) "The trade of life can not be driven without partners."
5.
To clear, by forcing away what is contained. "To drive the country, force the swains away."
6.
(Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
7.
To pass away; said of time. (Obs.)
8.
Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw.
9.
To operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by manipulating the controls, such as the steering, propulsion, and braking mechanisms.


Drive  v. i.  (past drove, formerly drave; past part. driven; pres. part. driving)  
1.
To rush and press with violence; to move furiously. "Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails." "Under cover of the night and a driving tempest." "Time driveth onward fast, And in a little while our lips are dumb."
2.
To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven. "The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn." "The chaise drives to Mr. Draper's chambers."
3.
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, the coachman drove to my door.
4.
To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; usually with at. "Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at."
5.
To distrain for rent. (Obs.)
6.
(Golf) To make a drive, or stroke from the tee.
7.
To go from one place to another in a vehicle, serving as the operator of the vehicle; to drive (9) a vehicle from one location to another. "He drove from New York to Boston in four hours."
To let drive, to aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack. "Four rogues in buckram let drive at me."


Driven  past part.  Of Drive. Also adj.
Driven well, a well made by driving a tube into the earth to an aqueous stratum; called also drive well.





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... beginning of the fight, he left the commander's ship unsustained, contrary to the order which he had from me in writing; and on account of other illegal acts, and because he took a part of the benefits of the success which resulted—he also, driven by the same heat of passion, has taken secret measures and procured documents with which to inform your Majesty in a sinister way to ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume XI, 1599-1602 • Various
... has Christ for a passenger need not fear being rocked by any storm. Calmness will come with the vision of the Lord, and we shall abide or 'remain,' for there will be no need for us to flee from this Refuge to that, nor shall we be driven from our secure abode by any contingencies. 'He that ...
— Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) • Alexander Maclaren
... voyage and two days in the train. Along the beach are many steamers charging and discharging and others on the slips being repaired or partly built. These steamers are all brought out in sections and put together on the beach. They are flat bottomed, are driven by stern wheels and only draw three or four feet of water. They all burn wood, and special depots are formed at intervals on the rivers where stores of this fuel are collected. Should however, a steamer run short, it ...
— A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State • Marcus Dorman
... there—all that indescribable human roar and magnetism, unlike any other sound in the universe—the glad exulting thunder-shouts of countless unloos'd throats of men! But on this occasion, not a voice—not a sound. From the top of an omnibus, (driven up one side, close by, and block'd by the curbstone and the crowds,) I had, I say, a capital view of it all, and especially of Mr. Lincoln, his look and gait—his perfect composure and coolness—his unusual and uncouth ...
— Complete Prose Works - Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy • Walt Whitman
... set up in shocks to cure before retting, and after retting they are set up in shocks to dry. Each time the stalks are handled they are chucked down on the ground to keep the butts even. In these operations sand and clay are often driven up into the hollow at the base of the stalks, and this dirt, which often clings tenaciously, may constitute all objectionable feature in the use of hemp hurds ...
— Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material - United States Department of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 404 • Lyster H. Dewey and Jason L. Merrill


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