Drave

name, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past of drive archaic, form-of, past

    "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)"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Drava. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

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drivewayforceforcepushambitionapproach

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""Thither we sailed, when, rising with the wave, / Orion dashed us on the shoals, the prey / of wanton winds, and mastering billows drave / our vessels on the pathless rocks astray. / We few have floated to your shore.""

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