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单词 to drive it
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to drive it
31. transitive. To protract or prolong (something); to put off or postpone (something). Also with on. Also (in later use only) in to drive it: to delay taking action; to procrastinate. Obsolete.
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the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (transitive)] > cause to endure, sustain, or prolong
lengOE
drawOE
teec1200
forlengtha1300
lengtha1300
drivec1300
tarryc1320
proloynec1350
continuec1380
to draw alonga1382
longa1382
dretch1393
conservea1398
to draw (out) in, into, at, or on lengtha1400
prorogue1419
prolongc1425
aroomc1440
prorogate?a1475
protend?a1475
dilate1489
forlong1496
relong1523
to draw out1542
sustentate1542
linger1543
defer1546
pertract1548
propagate1548
protract1548
linger1550
lengthen1555
train1556
detract?a1562
to make forth (long, longer)1565
stretch1568
extend1574
extenuate1583
dree1584
wire-draw1598
to spin out1603
trail1604
disabridge1605
produce1605
continuate1611
out-length1617
spin1629
to eke out1641
producta1670
prolongate1671
drawl1694
drag1697
perennate1698
string1867
perennialize1898
c1300 Life & Martyrdom Thomas Becket (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 45 He drof hire evere biheste.
a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 6246 (MED) Loke þerfore, executore, Ȝyf þou haue ȝyt hold yn store Þat þou oghest for to haue ȝyue, But fro day to day hast hyt dryue, Þou synnest þan wykkedly.
1537 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 53 Dryue yt no longer.
1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 140 If you drive it long, they will make it their advantage to break with you.
1740 tr. C. de F. de Mouhy Fortunate Country Maid I. 207 I drove on the Time, if I may be allow'd the Expression, in Hopes.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Drive, to procrastinate, ‘thou begins to drive it’.
1907 A. Bennett Ghost vi. 110 Nevertheless, be warned. Do not drive it late.
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