2. Verb. (archaic) (simple past of drive) ¹
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Definition of Drave
1. drive [v] - See also: drive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drave
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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