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driven

/ˈdɹɪvən/

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verb

To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
"You drive nails into wood with a hammer."
To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
"My wife's constant harping about the condition of the house threatens to drive me to distraction."
To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.
(especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
"to drive twenty thousand head of cattle from Texas to the Kansas railheads; to drive sheep out of a field"
To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
To cause animals to flee out of.
"The beaters drove the brambles, causing a great rush of rabbits and other creatures."
To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
"You drive nails into wood with a hammer."
To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
"The pistons drive the crankshaft."
To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
"drive a car"
To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
"What drives a person to run a marathon?"
To compel (to do something).
"Their debts finally drove them to sell the business."
To cause to become.
"This constant complaining is going to drive me to insanity. You are driving me crazy!"
To hit the ball with a drive.
To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
"I drive to work every day."
To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
"My wife drove me to the airport."
To move forcefully.
To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
To distrain for rent.
To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
To be the dominant party in a sex act.