What does drave mean?
Drave means (archaic) simple past of drive.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(archaic) simple past of drive.
His kingly courage quell: but from his short retyre, His reinforced troupes (newe forg’d with sprightly fire) Before them drave the Dane, and made the Britaine runne (Whom he by liberall wage here to his ayde had wonne)
I do not know its name, but the Sahib sat in the midst of three silver wheels that made no creaking, and drave them with his legs, prancing like a bean-fed horse—thus.
λάζετο δὲ μάστιγα καὶ ἡνία Παλλὰς Ἀθήνη· αὐτίκ’ ἐπ’ Ἄρηϊ πρώτῳ ἔχε μώνυχας ἵππους.
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Drave means (archaic) simple past of drive.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
His kingly courage quell: but from his short retyre, His reinforced troupes (newe forg’d with sprightly fire) Before them drave the Dane, and made the Britaine runne (Whom he by liberall wage here to his ayde had wonne)
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