To let drive

To let drive
Drive Drive, v. i. 1. To rush and press with violence; to move furiously. [1913 Webster]

Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Under cover of the night and a driving tempest. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]

Time driveth onward fast, And in a little while our lips are dumb. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

2. To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven. [1913 Webster]

The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn. --Byron. [1913 Webster]

The chaise drives to Mr. Draper's chambers. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

3. To go by carriage; to pass in a carriage; to proceed by directing or urging on a vehicle or the animals that draw it; as, the coachman drove to my door. [1913 Webster]

4. To press forward; to aim, or tend, to a point; to make an effort; to strive; -- usually with at. [1913 Webster]

Let them therefore declare what carnal or secular interest he drove at. --South. [1913 Webster]

5. To distrain for rent. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

6. (Golf) To make a drive, or stroke from the tee. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

7. to go from one place to another in a vehicle, serving as the operator of the vehicle; to drive[9] a vehicle from one location to another. He drove from New York to Boston in four hours. [PJC]

{To let drive}, to aim a blow; to strike with force; to attack. ``Four rogues in buckram let drive at me.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • To let drive — Let Let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Let} ({Letted} (l[e^]t t[e^]d), [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. {Letting}.] [OE. leten, l[ae]ten (past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten, lete), AS. l[=ae]tan (past tense l[=e]t, p. p. l[=ae]ten); akin to OFries. l[=e]ta,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • let drive — (also let fly) Discharge, let loose …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • Let — Let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Let} ({Letted} (l[e^]t t[e^]d), [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. {Letting}.] [OE. leten, l[ae]ten (past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten, lete), AS. l[=ae]tan (past tense l[=e]t, p. p. l[=ae]ten); akin to OFries. l[=e]ta, OS.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Let — Let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Let} ({Letted} (l[e^]t t[e^]d), [Obs].); p. pr. & vb. n. {Letting}.] [OE. leten, l[ae]ten (past tense lat, let, p. p. laten, leten, lete), AS. l[=ae]tan (past tense l[=e]t, p. p. l[=ae]ten); akin to OFries. l[=e]ta, OS.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Drive — Drive, v. i. 1. To rush and press with violence; to move furiously. [1913 Webster] Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails. Dryden. [1913 Webster] Under cover of the night and a driving tempest. Prescott. [1913 Webster] Time driveth onward… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • drive — [drīv] vt. drove, driven, driving [ME driven < OE drifan, akin to Goth dreiban, Ger treiben, ON drīfa < IE base * dhreibh , to push] 1. to force to go; urge onward; push forward 2. to force into or from a state or act [driven mad] 3. to… …   English World dictionary

  • let fly — See let drive …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • drive — drivable, driveable, adj. /druyv/, v., drove or (Archaic) drave, driven, driving, n., adj. v.t. 1. to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to… …   Universalium

  • let fly — verb fire as from a gun (Freq. 1) The soldiers let drive their bullets • Syn: ↑loose off, ↑let drive • Hypernyms: ↑fire, ↑discharge • Verb Frames …   Useful english dictionary

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