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English
Etymology
From Middle English *withdriven, from Old English wiþdrīfan (“to repel”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþidrīban (“to drive back”), equivalent to with- + drive. Cognate with Old Frisian withdrīva (“to restore”). Compare also Old High German widartrīban (“to drive back, refute”), whence archaic German widertreiben (“to drive back, prevent, thwart”).
Verb
withdrive (third-person singular simple present withdrives, present participle withdriving, simple past withdrove, past participle withdriven)
- (transitive, nonstandard, rare) To drive away, repel.
- 1527, L. Andrewe tr. H. von Braunschweig Vertuose Bk. Distyllacyon ii. ii. sig. Aij/2:
- The same water withdryueth impetigines.
1976, Robert Dudley Edwards, Thomas Desmond Williams, The great famine: studies in Irish history, 1845-52:[…] would result in a reduction in the numbers of this vector of disease, proportionate to the thoroughness and persistence with which the procedures were carried out. Centuries ago wise men taught, that to 'withdrive' THE GREAT FAMINE.
2012, New rule for 2012:If somebody bought sex from prostitute it is not his sex if prostitute withdrove consent? But if i withdrove consent i wont get my money back?