English Explanatory Dictionary

withdrive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To drive away, repel.

Word forms

withdrive withdrives withdriving withdrove withdriven

Etymology

From Middle English *withdriven, from Old English wiþdrīfan (“to repel”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþidrīban (“to drive back”), equivalent to with- + drive. Cognate with Old Frisian withdrīva (“to restore”). Compare also Old High German widartrīban (“to drive back, refute”), whence archaic German widertreiben (“to drive back, prevent, thwart”).

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