verb
Meaning 1
To drive away, repel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, rare, transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
withdrive
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History
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”).