Definition of Drave

1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Drava) ¹

2. Verb. (archaic) (simple past of drive) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drave

1. drive [v] - See also: drive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drave

draughtsboards
draughtsman
draughtsmanly
draughtsmanship
draughtsmen
draughtspeople
draughtsperson
draughtspersons
draughtswoman
draughtswomen
draughty
draunt
draunted
draunting
draunts
drave
dravida
dravidian
dravite
draw
draw-bridge
draw-sheet
draw-well
draw a bath
draw a bead on
draw a blank
draw a line
draw a line in the sand
draw and quarter
draw attention

Literary usage of Drave

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"The elder all in fear awoke The herald ; to whose aid the God quick yoked The horses and the mules, and drave them forth Right through the camp, ..."

2. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1865)
"The lady was bank of the Drave. In the fortress, the commander's , a Christian, and it is said ... Since the Drave began aster and danger, E. became more ..."

3. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... that they drave them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord lighteth for them against the Egyptians. ..."

4. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the by William Russell (1802)
"... where the Turkish general, after gaining several inferior advantages, defeated the Germans in a great battle at Essek on the Drave. ..."

5. Minstrelsy of the Merse: The Poets and Poetry of Berwickshire : a Country by William Shillinglaw Crockett (1893)
"THE HERRING Drave. O it's fine when the boats come in, When the boats come in so early ; When the lift it is blue, and the herring nets are fu', ..."

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