† bedrivev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To drive about.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > impel or drive animates > about
bedrivec1275
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3093 Sæ-werie men mid wedere bi-driuene [c1300 Otho for-dreuen].
2. transitive. To commit, perpetrate, do.
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the world > action or operation > doing > do [verb (transitive)]
i-wurchec888
i-dreeeOE
doeOE
dightc1000
workOE
haveOE
fet1297
takec1380
gara1400
playc1410
practisec1475
bedrive1481
fetch1530
perpetrate1535
act1590
exert1662
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 74 Ony that wolde bedryue ony thyng ayenst yow.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 107 Noman dar..but preyse alle that they bedryue.
3. intransitive. To have to do with.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] > be or become concerned or involved
to have to do with (also mid, of, on)a1225
interlacec1380
to do with ——a1400
bedrive1481
concern1614
bear1658
connect1709
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 27 Also I haue bydryuen with dame erswynde his wyf.
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