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  • 41 vertō or vortō

        vertō or vortō tī, sus, ere    [VERT-], to turn, turn up, turn back, direct: cardinem, O.: verso pede, O.: Non ante verso cado, i. e. emptied, H.: crateras, V.: verti me a Minturnis Arpinum versus: gens ab oriente ad septentrionem se vertit, i. e. is situated, Cu.: in circumsedentis Capuam se vertit, i. e. directs his attack, L.— Intrans, to turn, turn back: versuros extemplo in fugam omnes ratus, L.— Pass, to be turned, be directed, face, look: fenestrae in viam versae, L.: nunc ad fontes, nunc ad mare versus, O.—To turn about, be engaged, move, be, be situated: Magno in periclo vita vertetur tua, Ph.: in maiore discrimine verti, L.: ipse catervis Vertitur in mediis, V.—To turn back, turn about, reverse: Pompeiani se verterunt et loco cesserunt, wheeled about, Cs.: hostes terga verterunt, fled, Cs.: hostem in fugam, put to flight, L.: Hiemps piscīs ad hoc vertat mare, H.—To turn over, turn up: versā pulvis inscribitur hastā, V.: Vertitur interea caelum, revolves, V.: terram aratro, H.: versis glaebis, O.—To turn, ply, drive: stimulos sub pectore vertit Apollo, V.—Fig., to turn, direct, convert, appropriate: ex illā pecuniā magnam partem ad se: congressi certamine irarum ad caedem vertuntur, i. e. are driven, L.: ne ea, quae rei p. causā egerit, in suam contumeliam vertat, Cs.: omen in Macedonum metum, Cu.: in religionem vertentes comitia biennio habita, making a matter of religious scruple, L.: Philippus totus in Persea versus, inclined towards, L.: quo me vertam? T.: quo se verteret, non habebat: si bellum omne eo vertat, L.: di vortant bene, Quod agas, prosper, T.—To ascribe, refer: quae alia in deum iras velut ultima malorum vertunt, L.: ne sibi vitio verterent, quod abesset a patriā, impute as a fault.—Pass., to turn, depend, rest, hang: hic victoria, V.: cum circa hanc consultationem disceptatio omnis verteretur, L.: omnia in unius potestate vertentur: spes civitatis in dictatore, L.: vertebatur, utrum manerent, an, etc., i. e. the question was discussed, L.—To turn, change, alter, transform, convert, metamorphose: terra in aquam se vertit: Verte omnīs tete in facies, V.: Auster in Africum se vertit, Cs.: versa et mutata in peiorem partem sint omnia: cur nunc tua quisquam Vertere iussa potest, V.: saevus apertam In rabiem coepit verti iocus, H.: nullā tamen alite verti Dignatur, nisi, etc., O.—Prov.: ubi omne Verterat in fumum et cinerem, i. e. had dissipated, H.— With solum, to change abode, leave the country: qui exsili causā solum verterit.—In language, to turn, translate, interpret: Platonem: annales Acilianos ex Graeco in Latinum sermonem, L.—To turn, overturn, overthrow, subvert, destroy: vertit ad extremum omnia: Cycnum Vi multā, O.: ab imo moenia Troiae, V.: ne Armenia scelere verteretur, Ta.: versā Caesarum sobole, Ta.—To turn, change, be changed: iam verterat fortuna, L.—To turn, be directed, turn out, result: verterat Scipionum invidia in praetorem, L.: (quae res) tibi vertat male, turn out badly, T.: quod bene verteret, Cu.: quod nec vertat bene, V.: quod si esset factum, detrimentum in bonum verteret, Cs.: ea ludificatio veri in verum vertit, L.—Of time, in the phrase, annus vertens, the returning year, space of a year, full year: anno vertente sine controversiā (petisses); cf. annus vertens, the great cycle of the stars.

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  • 42 redigo

    rĕd-ĭgo, ēgi, actum, 3, v. a. [ago].
    I.
    To drive, lead, or bring back (syn. reduco).
    A.
    Lit.:

    (Sol) Disjectos redegit equos,

    Lucr. 5, 403:

    si materiem nostram collegerit aetas Post obitum, rursumque redegerit, ut sita nunc est,

    bring it back, restore it to its present condition, id. 3, 848:

    filia parva duas redigebat rupe capellas,

    Ov. F. 4, 511:

    tauros in gregem,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 12; cf.:

    in sua rura boves,

    Ov. F. 3, 64:

    oppidani (hostem) fusum fugatumque in castra redigunt,

    Liv. 21, 9:

    hostium equitatum in castra,

    id. 26, 10:

    turbam ferro in hostes,

    id. 37, 43:

    aliquem Capuam,

    id. 26, 12 fin.:

    aliquem in exsilium,

    Just. 9, 4, 7. —
    B.
    Trop.:

    rem ad pristinam belli rationem redegit,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 76 fin.:

    annum neglegentia conturbatum ad pristinam rationem,

    Suet. Aug. 31:

    disciplinam militarem ad priscos mores,

    Liv. 8, 6 fin.: aliquid ad ultimam sui generis formam speciemque, Cic. Or. 3, 10:

    omnia redegit in singulas rationes praeceptionis,

    Auct. Her. 4, 2, 3:

    aliquem in concordiam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 13:

    vos in gratiam,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 73:

    tu, qui ais, redige in memoriam,

    recall it to my mind, id. ib. 2, 3, 36:

    in memoriam,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 7, 18; id. Fam. 1, 9, 9:

    (poëtae) formidine fustis Ad bene dicendum delectandumque redacti,

    brought back, reduced, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 155.—Far more freq.,
    II.
    (With the idea of agere predominant; cf. recido and redeo, II.) To get together, call in, collect, raise, receive, take a sum of money or the like by selling, etc.:

    cum omnem pecuniam ex aerario exhausissetis, ex vectigalibus redegissetis, ab omnibus regibus coëgissetis,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 98; cf.:

    pecuniam ex bonis patriis,

    id. Phil. 13, 5, 10;

    and simply pecuniam,

    id. Rab. Post. 13, 37; Hor. Epod. 2, 69:

    omne argentum tibi,

    to scrape together, Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 23:

    bona vendit, pecuniam redigit... pecunia, quam ex Agonidis bonis redegisset,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 16, 56; cf. Liv. 5, 16:

    quod omnis frumenti copia decumarum nomine penes istum esset redacta, etc.,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 73, § 171:

    fructus,

    Dig. 36, 4, 5, § 22 (after colere agros); 22, 1, 46; cf.:

    pars maxima (praedae) ad quaestorem redacta est,

    Liv. 5, 19:

    fructus ad eum,

    Dig. 10, 2, 51:

    quicquid captum ex hostibus est, vendidit Fabius, consul, ac redegit in publicum,

    paid it into the public treasury, Liv. 2, 42:

    venditum sub hastā in aerarium,

    id. 4, 53:

    (patres) victi irā vetuere reddi (bona regia), vetuere in publicum redigi,

    id. 2, 5, 1; cf.:

    praedam in fiscum,

    Tac. H. 4, 72:

    aliquid in commune,

    Dig. 17, 2, 52, § 6.—
    B.
    To bring or reduce a thing to any condition, circumstance, etc.; to make or render it so and so (cf. reddo); constr. with in (so most freq.), ad, sub, an adv. of place, absol., or with a double acc.
    (α).
    With in:

    viros in servitutem,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 1, 47:

    Aeduos in servitutem,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 14, 3:

    in pristinam sortem servitutis,

    Just. 6, 5, 1:

    vidulum in potestatem alicujus,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 22:

    civitatem in potestatem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 13 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 24 fin.; 45; Cic. Quint. 55, 152; id. Phil. 5, 17, 46; id. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 33; Tac. Agr. 18; Vell. 2, 94, 4; cf.:

    civitatem in dicionem potestatemque populi Romani,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 34 fin.:

    aliquos in dicionem,

    Cic. Balb. 10, 25; Liv. 41, 19:

    gentes in dicionem hujus imperii,

    Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 13:

    Arvernos in provinciam,

    to reduce to a province, Caes. B. G. 1, 45; 7, 77 fin.; cf.:

    partem Britanniae, etc., in formam provinciae,

    Tac. Agr. 14; Suet. Caes. 25; id. Aug. 18; id. Tib. 37 fin.; id. Calig. 1; Liv. Epit. 45; 93:

    in formulam provinciae,

    Vell. 2, 38, 1:

    in formam praefecturae,

    id. 2, 44, 4:

    in id redactus sum loci, Ut, etc.,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 86; cf.:

    republicā in tranquillum redactā,

    Liv. 3, 40; and:

    mentem in veros timores,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 15:

    si hoc genus (pecuniarum) in unum redigatur,

    be brought into one mass, Cic. Phil. 5, 4, 13:

    dispositio est, per quam illa, quae invenimus, in ordinem redigimus,

    reduce to order, Auct. Her. 3, 9, 16; cf.:

    arbores in ordinem certaque intervalla,

    Quint. 8, 3, 9; but: ut veteres grammatici auctores alios in ordinem redegerint, alios omnino exemerint numero, brought, admitted into the rank of classics (cf. Gr. enkrinein; opp. numero eximere = ekkrinein):

    libertinos in equestrem ordinem,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 18; Just. 5, 6, 5; Quint. 1, 4, 3;

    for which: redigere aliquem (poëtam) in numerum,

    id. 10, 1, 54;

    also,

    to lower, degrade, Suet. Vesp. 15; v. ordo; cf. Liv. ap. Prisc. 1173 P.; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 5:

    quod prosa scriptum redigere in quaedam versiculorum genera,

    Quint. 9, 4, 52:

    in hanc consuetudinem memoriā exercitatione redigendā,

    id. 11, 2, 45:

    servos, in dominium nostrum,

    Dig. 1, 5, 5:

    in nihilum redigam te, et non eris,

    Vulg. Ezech. 26, 21:

    in cinerem,

    id. 2 Pet. 2, 6: provinciam in solitudinem, Lact. de Ira Dei, 5, 4.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    aliquem ad inopiam redigere,

    to reduce to poverty, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 56:

    aliquem ad incitas,

    Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 85; id. Trin. 2, 4, 136:

    genus id ad interitum,

    Lucr. 5, 877; Cic. ap. Lact. 7, 11, 5; cf.:

    prope ad internecionem gente ac nomine Nerviorum redacto,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

    ad nihilum redigere,

    Vulg. Psa. 72, 20:

    victoriam ad vanum et irritum,

    to render empty and useless, Liv. 26, 37 fin.: cf.: [p. 1541] spem ad irritum, id. 28, 31:

    aliquid ante dubium ad certum,

    to render certain, id. 44, 15:

    carnes excrescentes ad aequalitatem,

    Plin. 30, 13, 39, § 113 (shortly afterwards reducunt); cf.:

    cicatrices ad planum,

    id. 20, 9, 36, § 93:

    aliquem ad desperationem,

    Suet. Aug. 81; Just. 6, 5, 7 et saep.:

    redegit se ad pallium et crepidas,

    Suet. Tib. 13.—
    (γ).
    With sub:

    Galliam sub populi Romani imperium,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 29, 4:

    Corcyram sub imperium Atheniensium,

    Nep. Timoth. 2, 1:

    barbaros sub jus dicionemque,

    Liv. 28, 21:

    incolas ejus insulae sub potestatem Atheniensium,

    Nep. Milt. 1, 4; 2 fin.; id. Paus. 2, 4; id. Pelop. 5:

    totam Italiam sub se,

    id. Flor. 1, 9, 8:

    GENTES SVB IMPERIVM,

    Inscr. Grut. 226.—
    (δ).
    With adv. of place:

    eo redigis me, ut, etc.,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 23:

    eo, ut,

    Flor. 1, 2, 4:

    hem! Quo redactus sum!

    Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 7.—
    (ε).
    Absol.: ut credam, redigunt animum mihi argumenta, Att. ap. Non. 174, 10 (Trag. Rel. v. 516 Rib.): ut ejus animum retundam, redigam, ut, quo se vortat, nesciat, bring it down, so that, etc., Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 73; Lucr. 1, 553.—
    (ζ).
    With double acc., to make or render a thing something (very rare;

    more freq. reddere): quae facilia ex difficillimis animi magnitudo redegerat,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27 fin.:

    (Ubios) Suevi multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,

    id. ib. 4, 3 fin.; Aus. Mos. 224.—
    2.
    In designations of number, etc., pregn., to bring within a number or extent; to lessen, diminish, reduce:

    familiam jam ad paucos redactam paene ab interitu vindicasti,

    Cic. Marcell. 4, 10; cf.:

    redigere omnis fere in quadrum numerumque sententias,

    id. Or. 61, 208:

    hosce ipsos (libros octo) utiliter ad sex libros redegit Diophanes,

    reduced, abridged, Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 10:

    ex hominum milibus LX. vix ad D.... sese redactos esse dixerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 28:

    ad semuncias redacta,

    Tac. A. 6, 16:

    judicia ad duo genera judicum redegit,

    Suet. Caes. 41; id. Vesp. 10:

    non ad numerum redigar duorum,

    Ov. M. 6, 199:

    quod si comminuas vilem redigatur ad assem,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 43:

    ne res ad nilum redigantur funditus omnes,

    Lucr. 1, 791; 2, 752; cf. Ov. M. 14, 149:

    rem maximam redigere ad minimum,

    Lact. 3, 9, 15.

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  • 43 dē-moveō

        dē-moveō mōvī, mōtus, ēre,    to move away, put away, remove, expel, drive out: demoveri de loco: ex possessione rem p.: hostes gradu demoti, driven back, L.: vestri facti praeiudicio demotus, forced to yield, Cs.—Fig., to drive, repel, divert, turn away: a meis oculis tuos, T.: aliquem de verā sententiā: ab se sceleris suspicionem: te lucro, H.—To discharge, remove (from office): alqm praefecturā, Ta.: Centuriones, Ta.; see also dimoveo.

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  • 44 protelo

    protelare, protelavi, protelatus V TRANS
    drive/cause to retreat before one; drive forth, hound out, rout; beat back/off

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  • 45 abduco

    ab-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. (ABDOVCIT =abduit, in the epitaph of Scipio, Inscr. Orell. 550; perf. abduxti, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 16; imper. abduce, id. Bacch. 4, 9, 108; id. Curc. 5, 3, 15; Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 36; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 63;

    but also abduc,

    id. Eun. 2, 3, 86), to lead one away, to take or bring with one, to carry off, take or bring away, remove, etc.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen., of personal objects; constr. aliquem, ab, ex, de; in, ad: SVBIGIT. OMNE. LOVCANAM. OPSIDESQVE. ABDOVCIT (=subigit omnem Lucanam obsidesque abducit), epitaph of Scipio, 1. 1.: hominem P. Quinctii deprehendis in publico;

    conaris abducere,

    Cic. Quint. 19, 61:

    cohortes secum,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 15 med. al.:

    abduce me hinc ab hac, quantum potest,

    Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 108:

    abductus a mari atque ab lis copiis, quas, etc.... frumento ac commeatu abstractus,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 78:

    tamquam eum, qui sit rhetori tradendus, abducendum protinus a grammaticis putem,

    Quint. 2, 1, 12:

    ut Hispanos omnes procul ab nomine Scipionis ex Hispania abduceret,

    Liv. 27, 20, 7: tu dux, tu comes es; tu nos abducis ab Histro. Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 119:

    ut collegam vi de foro abducerent,

    Liv. 2, 56, 15:

    sine certamine inde abductae legiones,

    id. 2, 22, 2:

    credo (illum) abductum in ganeum aliquo,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 5:

    abduxi exercitum ad infestissimam Ciliciae partem,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 10, 3:

    ipsos in lautumias abduci imperabat,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 56 fin.; so,

    liberos eorum in servitutem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 11, 3:

    servum extra convivium,

    Sen. Contr. 4, 25. — Poet. with acc. only: tollite me, Teucri;

    quascumque abducite terras (= in terras),

    Verg. A. 3, 601. —
    b.
    Of animals:

    donec (avem) in diversum abducat a nidis,

    Plin. 10, 33, 51 fin. —
    c.
    . Sometimes also of inanim. objects:

    clavem,

    to take away, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 8:

    pluteos ad alia opera,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 9:

    capita retro ab ictu,

    to draw back, Verg. A. 5, 428:

    togam a faucibus ac summo pectore,

    Quint. 11, 3, 145:

    aquam alicui (=deducere, defiectere),

    to divert, draw off, Dig. 39, 2, 26. — Poet.:

    somnos,

    to take away, deprive of, Ov. F. 5, 477.
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To take with one to dine:

    tum me convivam solum abducebat sibi,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 17:

    advenientem ilico abduxi ad cenam,

    id. Heaut. 1, 2, 9 al.
    2.
    To take aside (in mal. part.):

    aliquam in cubiculum,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 7; so Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 33; Suet. Aug. 69; Just. 21, 2 fin. al.
    3.
    To carry away forcibly, to raxish, rob:

    ad quem iste deduxerat Tertiam, Isidori mimi flliam, vi abductam ab Rhodio tibicine,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 31, § 81; Verg. A. 7, 362: aliquam alicui (marito, etc.), Suet. Oth. 3; Dig. 47, 10, 1 al.:

    aliquam gremils,

    Verg. A. 10, 79. —So also of stolen cattle, to drive away:

    cujus (Geryonis) armenta liercules abduxerit,

    Plin. 4, 22, 36 fin.; so,

    abducta armenta,

    Ov. H. 16, 359.
    4.
    In jurid. lang.: auferre et abducere, to take and drive away (auferre of inanlmate things, abducere of living beings, as slaves, cattle), Cic. Quint. 27, 84; Dig. 21, 2, 57, § 1.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen., to lead away, separate, distinguish:

    animum ad se ipsum advocamus, secum esse cogimus, maximeque a corpore abducimus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 31; so,

    aciem mentis a consuetudine oculorum,

    id. N. D. 2, 17:

    divinationem caute a conjecturis,

    id. Div. 2, 5, 13.
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To seduce, alienate from fidelity or allegiance:

    legiones a Bruto,

    Cic. Phil. 10, 3, 6:

    exercitum ab illo,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 9:

    equitatum a consule,

    id. ib. 11, 12, 27 al.
    2.
    From a study, pursuit, duty, etc., to withdraw, draw off, hinder (syn.:

    avoco, averto): vos a vostris abduxi negotlis,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 1; cf.:

    a quo studio te abduci negotiis intellego,

    Cic. Fam. 4, 4, 5; and:

    abducuntur homines nonnumquam etiam ab institutis suis magnitudine pecuniae,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12 (followed by ab humanitate deducere); so,

    aliquem a meretricio quaestu,

    id. Phil. 2, 18:

    aliquem a populorum rebus,

    id. Rep. 5, 2:

    ab isto officio incommodo,

    id. Lael. 2, 8 al.
    3.
    To bring down, reduce, degrade (Ciceron.):

    ne ars tanta...a religionis auctoritate abduceretur ad mercedem atque quaestum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 41, 92; so,

    aliquem ad hanc hominum libidinem ac licentiam,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 90, § 210.

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  • 46 premo

    prĕmo, essi, essum, 3, v. a. [etym. dub.; cf. prelum], to press (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    pede pedem alicui premere,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 30:

    et trepidae matres pressere ad pectora natos,

    Verg. A. 7, 518:

    veluti qui sentibus anguem Pressit humi nitens,

    id. ib. 2, 379:

    novercae Monstra manu premens,

    id. ib. 8, 288:

    pressit et inductis membra paterna rotis,

    i. e. drove her chariot over her father's body, Ov. Ib. 366:

    trabes Hymettiae Premunt columnas,

    press, rest heavily upon them, Hor. C. 2, 18, 3:

    premere terga genu alicujus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 2, 24:

    ubera plena,

    i. e. to milk, id. F. 4, 769:

    vestigia alicujus,

    to tread in, to follow one's footsteps, Tac. A. 2, 14:

    nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem,

    Juv. 1, 43:

    dente frena,

    to bite, to champ, Ov. M. 10, 704:

    ore aliquid,

    to chew, eat, id. ib. 5, 538; cf.:

    aliquid morsu,

    Lucr. 3, 663:

    presso molari,

    with compressed teeth, Juv. 5, 160:

    pressum lac,

    i. e. cheese, Verg. E. 1, 82.—In mal. part.:

    Hister Peucen premerat Antro,

    forced, Val. Fl. 8, 256:

    uxorem,

    Suet. Calig. 25.—Of animals:

    feminas premunt galli,

    Mart. 3, 57, 17.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Poet., to bear down upon, to touch:

    premere litora,

    Ov. M. 14, 416:

    litus,

    to keep close to the shore, Hor. C. 2, 10, 3:

    aëra,

    i. e. to fly, Luc. 7, 835.—
    2.
    Poet., to hold fast, hold, firmly grasp:

    premere frena manu,

    Ov. M. 8, 37:

    ferrum,

    to grasp, Sil. 5, 670:

    capulum,

    id. 2, 615.—
    3.
    Poet., to press a place with one's body, i. e. to sit, stand, lie, fall, or seat one's self on any thing:

    toros,

    Ov. H. 12, 30:

    sedilia,

    id. M. 5, 317:

    hoc quod premis habeto,

    id. ib. 5, 135:

    et pictam positā pharetram cervice premebat,

    id. ib. 2, 421:

    humum,

    to lie on the ground, id. Am. 3, 5, 16; cf. id. F. 4, 844:

    frondes tuo premis ore caducas,

    id. M. 9, 650; Sen. Hippol. 510.—
    4.
    To cover, to conceal by covering (mostly poet.):

    aliquid terrā,

    to conceal, bury in the earth, Hor. Epod. 1, 33:

    nonumque prematur in annum,

    kept back, suppressed, id. A. P. 388:

    omne lucrum tenebris alta premebat humus,

    Ov. Am. 3, 8, 36:

    ossa male pressa,

    i. e. buried, id. Tr. 5, 3, 39; Plin. 2, 79, 81, § 191; hence, to crown, to cover or adorn with any thing:

    ut premerer sacrā lauro,

    Hor. C. 3, 4, 18:

    molli Fronde crinem,

    Verg. A. 4, 147:

    canitiem galeā,

    id. ib. 9, 612:

    mitrā capillos,

    Ov. F. 4, 517; cf. Verg. A. 5, 556.—
    5.
    To make, form, or shape any thing by pressing ( poet.):

    quod surgente die mulsere horisque diurnis, Nocte premunt,

    they make into cheese, Verg. G. 3, 400:

    os fingit premendo,

    id. A. 6, 80:

    caseos,

    id. E. 1, 35:

    mollem terram,

    Vulg. Sap. 15, 7; Calp. Ecl. 5, 34.—
    6.
    To press hard upon, bear down upon, to crowd, pursue closely:

    hostes de loco superiore,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    Pompeiani nostros premere et instare coeperunt,

    id. B. C. 3, 46:

    hac fugerent Graii, premeret Trojana juventus,

    Verg. A. 1, 467:

    Pergamenae naves cum adversarios premerent acrius,

    Nep. Hann. 11, 5:

    hinc Rutulus premit, et murum circumsonat armis,

    Verg. A. 8, 473:

    obsidione urbem,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32.—Of the pursuit or chase of animals:

    ad retia cervum,

    Verg. G. 3, 413:

    spumantis apri cursum clamore,

    id. A. 1, 324:

    bestias venatione,

    Isid. 10, 282.—
    7.
    To press down, burden, load, freight:

    nescia quem premeret,

    on whose back she sat, Ov. M. 2, 869:

    tergum equi,

    id. ib. 8, 34;

    14, 343: et natat exuviis Graecia pressa suis,

    Prop. 4, 1, 114 (5, 1, 116):

    pressae carinae,

    Verg. G. 1, 303:

    pressus membra mero,

    Prop. 2, 12 (3, 7), 42:

    magno et gravi onere armorum pressi,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 24:

    auro phaleras,

    to adorn, Stat. Th. 8, 567.—
    8.
    To press into, force in, press upon:

    (caprum) dentes in vite prementem,

    Ov. F. 1, 355:

    presso sub vomere,

    Verg. G. 2, 356; cf.:

    presso aratro,

    Tib. 4, 1, 161:

    alte ensem in corpore,

    Stat. Th. 11, 542:

    et nitidas presso pollice finge comas,

    Prop. 3, 8 (4, 9), 14:

    et cubito remanete presso,

    leaning upon, Hor. C. 1, 27, 8. —
    b.
    To make with any thing ( poet.):

    aeternā notā,

    Ov. F. 6, 610:

    littera articulo pressa tremente,

    id. H. 10, 140:

    multā via pressa rotā,

    id. ib. 18, 134.—
    9.
    To press down, let down, cause to sink down, to lower:

    nec preme, nec summum molire per aethera currum,

    Ov. M. 2, 135:

    humanaeque memor sortis, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 67:

    mundus ut ad Scythiam Rhiphaeasque arduus arces Consurgit, premitur Libyae devexus in Austros,

    sinks down, Verg. G. 1, 240; Sen. Herc. Fur. 155. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To set, plant:

    virgulta per agros,

    Verg. G. 2, 346; 26.—
    (β).
    To make or form by pressing down, to make any thing deep, to dig:

    vestigio leviter presso,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53; cf.

    (trop.): vestigia non pressa leviter, sed fixa,

    id. Sest. 5, 13:

    sulcum premere,

    to draw a furrow, Verg. A. 10, 296:

    fossam transversam, inter montes pressit (al. percussit),

    Front. Strat. 1, 5:

    fossa pressa,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 4:

    cavernae in altitudinem pressae,

    Curt. 5, 1, 28.—
    (γ).
    To strike to the ground, to strike down:

    tres famulos,

    Verg. A. 9, 329:

    paucos,

    Tac. H. 4, 2.—
    10.
    To press closely, compress, press together, close:

    oculos,

    Verg. A. 9, 487:

    alicui fauces,

    Ov. M. 12, 509:

    laqueo collum,

    to strangle, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 37:

    angebar ceu guttura forcipe pressus,

    Ov. M. 9, 78:

    presso gutture,

    compressed, Verg. G. 1, 410; cf.:

    siquidem unius praecordia pressit ille (boletus) senis,

    i. e. stopped his breath, Juv. 6, 621:

    quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis,

    choked, id. 14, 221:

    amplexu presso,

    united, in close embrace, Sen. Oedip. 192:

    oscula jungere pressa,

    to exchange kisses, Ov. H. 2, 94; so,

    pressa basia,

    Mart. 6, 34, 1:

    presso gradu incedere,

    in close ranks, foot to foot, Liv. 28, 14:

    pede presso,

    id. 8, 8.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    To shorten, tighten, draw in:

    pressis habenis,

    Verg. A. 11, 600 (cf.:

    laxas dure habenas,

    id. ib. 1, 63).—
    (β).
    To keep short, prune:

    Calenā falce vitem,

    Hor. C. 1, 31, 9:

    luxuriem falce,

    Ov. M. 14, 628:

    falce premes umbras (i. e. arbores umbrantes),

    Verg. G. 1, 157; 4, 131:

    molle salictum,

    Calp. Ecl. 5, 110.—
    (γ).
    To check, arrest, stop:

    premere sanguinem,

    Tac. A. 15, 64:

    vestigia pressit,

    Verg. A. 6, 197:

    attoniti pressere gradum,

    Val. Fl. 2, 424 ' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore, was silent, Verg. A. 6, 155.—
    11.
    To press out, bring out by pressure:

    tenerā sucos pressere medullā,

    Luc. 4, 318; cf.: (equus) collectumque fremens volvit sub naribus ignem, Verg. ap. Sen. Ep. 95, 68, and id. G. 3, 85 Rib.—
    12.
    To frequent: feci ut cotidie praesentem me viderent, habitavi in [p. 1441] oculis, pressi forum, Cic. Planc. 27, 66.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To press, press upon, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down; to urge, drive, importune, pursue, to press close or hard, etc. (class.):

    ego istum pro suis factis pessumis pessum premam,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 49 Lorenz ad loc.:

    quae necessitas eum tanta premebat, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:

    ea, quae premant, et ea, quae impendeant,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

    aerumnae, quae me premunt,

    Sall. J. 14, 22:

    pressus gravitate soporis,

    bound by heavy, deep sleep, Ov. M. 15, 21:

    cum aut aere alieno, aut magnitudine tributorum, aut injuriā potentium premuntur,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 13:

    invidia et odio populi premi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

    premi periculis,

    id. Rep. 1, 6, 10:

    cum a me premeretur,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 53, § 139; cf.:

    aliquem verbo,

    id. Tusc. 1, 7, 13:

    criminibus veris premere aliquem,

    Ov. M. 14, 401:

    cum a plerisque ad exeundum premeretur, exire noluit,

    was pressed, urged, importuned, Nep. Ages. 6, 1:

    a Pompeii procuratoribus sescentis premi coeptus est,

    Cic. Att. 6, 1, 3: numina nulla premunt;

    mortali urgemur ab hoste,

    Verg. A. 10, 375:

    premere reum voce, vultu,

    Tac. A. 3, 67:

    crimen,

    to pursue obstinately, Quint. 7, 2, 12:

    confessionem,

    to force a confession from one, id. 7, 1, 29:

    argumentum etiam atque etiam,

    to pursue steadily, Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:

    ancipiti mentem formidine pressus,

    Verg. A. 3, 47:

    maerore pressa,

    Sen. Oct. 103:

    veritate pressus negare non potuit,

    overcome, overpowered, Lact. 4, 13.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    To repress, hide, conceal (mostly poet.):

    dum nocte premuntur,

    Verg. A. 6, 827:

    curam sub corde,

    id. ib. 4, 332:

    odium,

    Plin. Pan. 62:

    iram,

    Tac. A. 6, 50:

    pavorem et consternationem mentis vultu,

    id. ib. 13, 16:

    interius omne secretum,

    Sen. Ep. 3, 4:

    dolorem silentio,

    Val. Max. 3, 3, 1 ext.; cf. silentia, Sil. 12, 646:

    aliquid ore,

    Verg. A. 7, 103:

    jam te premet nox,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 16.—
    2.
    To lower, diminish, undervalue, disparage, depreciate:

    premendorum superiorum arte sese extollebat,

    Liv. 22, 12:

    arma Latini,

    Verg. A. 11, 402:

    opuscula ( = deprimere atque elevare),

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 36:

    famam alicujus,

    Tac. A. 15, 49:

    premere ac despicere,

    Quint. 11, 1, 16:

    premere tumentia, humilia extollere,

    id. ib. 10, 4, 1.—
    b.
    To surpass, exceed:

    facta premant annos,

    Ov. M. 7, 449:

    ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat,

    id. P. 3, 1, 116:

    quantum Latonia Nymphas Virgo premit,

    Stat. S. 1, 2, 115.—
    c.
    To rule ( poet.):

    dicione premere populos,

    Verg. A. 7, 737:

    imperio,

    id. ib. 1, 54:

    Mycenas Servitio premet,

    id. ib. 1, 285.—
    3.
    To suppress, pull down, humble, degrade:

    quae (vocabula) nunc situs premit,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 118:

    nec premendo alium me extulisse velim,

    Liv. 22, 59, 10; cf. id. 39, 41, 1:

    premebat reum crimen,

    id. 3, 13, 1.—
    4.
    To compress, abridge, condense:

    haec enim, quae dilatantur a nobis, Zeno sic premebat,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20.—
    5.
    To check, arrest, repress, restrain:

    cursum ingenii tui, Brute, premit haec importuna clades civitatis,

    Cic. Brut. 97, 332:

    sub imo Corde gemitum,

    Verg. A. 10, 464:

    vocem,

    to be silent, id. ib. 9, 324:

    sermones vulgi,

    to restrain, Tac. A. 3, 6.—
    6.
    To store up, lay up in the mind, muse upon:

    (vocem) ab ore Eripuit pater ac stupefactus numine pressit,

    Verg. A. 7, 119.—Hence, pressus, a, um, P. a.
    I.
    Moderate, slow, suppressed, kept down.
    A.
    Lit.:

    presso pede eos retro cedentes principes recipiebant,

    Liv. 8, 8, 9:

    presso gradu,

    id. 28, 14, 14; cf.:

    pressoque legit vestigia gressu,

    Ov. M. 3, 17.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Of the voice or manner, subdued:

    haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106.—
    2.
    Of color, lowered, depressed; hence, dark, gloomy:

    color pressus,

    Pall. 4, 13, 4:

    color viridi pressior,

    Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 32:

    spadices pressi,

    Serv. Verg. G. 3, 82.—
    II.
    Esp., of an orator or of speech.
    A.
    Compressed, concise, plain, without ornament (class.):

    fiunt pro grandibus tumidi, pressis exiles, fortibus temerarii, etc.,

    Quint. 10, 2, 16:

    cum Attici pressi et integri, contra Asiani inflati et inanes haberentur,

    id. 12, 10, 18.—Of style:

    pressa et tenuia, et quae minimum ab usu cotidiano recedant,

    Quint. 10, 1, 102:

    pressus et demissus stilus,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 5; Quint. 4, 2, 117.— Comp.: in concionibus pressior, et circumscriptior, et adductior, more moderate, keeping more within bounds, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 4.—
    B.
    Close, exact, accurate:

    Thucydides ita verbis aptus et pressus, ut,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 13, 56: quis te fuit umquam in partiundis rebus pressior? more exact, more accurate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 364, 24:

    sicuti taxare pressius crebriusque est, quam tangere,

    Gell. 2, 6, 5:

    quod (periculum) observandum pressiore cautelā censeo,

    stricter, greater, App. M. 5, p. 160, 36:

    cogitationes pressiores,

    id. ib. 5, p. 163, 32.—So of sounds, precise, intelligible:

    (lingua) vocem profusam fingit atque sonos vocis distinctos et pressos facit,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.—Hence, adv.: pressē, with pressure, violently (class.): artius pressiusque conflictata, Atei. Capito ap. Gell. 10, 6, 2.—
    B.
    Closely, tightly.
    1.
    Lit.:

    vites pressius putare,

    Pall. 12, 9:

    pressius colla radere,

    Veg. Vet. 1, 56.—
    2.
    Trop.
    a.
    Of pronunciation, shortly, neatly, trimly:

    loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, sed presse, et aequabiliter, et leniter,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45; id. Off. 1, 37, 133.—
    b.
    Of the mode of expression, etc., concisely, not diffusely:

    definire presse et anguste,

    Cic. Or. 33, 117:

    abundanter dicere, an presse,

    Quint. 8, 3, 40:

    pressius et astrictius scripsi,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.—
    (β).
    Without ornament, simply:

    unum (genus oratorum) attenuate presseque, alterum sublate ampleque dicentium,

    Cic. Brut. 55, 202:

    aliquid describere modo pressius, modo elatius,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 14, 3.—
    (γ).
    Closely, exactly, correctly, accurately:

    mihi placet agi subtilius, et pressius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 24:

    definiunt pressius,

    id. Tusc. 4, 7, 14:

    anquisitius, et exactius pressiusque disserere,

    Gell. 1, 3, 21.

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  • 47 ab-dūcō

        ab-dūcō dūxī, ductus, ere    imper. sometimes abdūce, T.), to lead away, take away, carry off, remove, lead aside: filiam abduxit suam, has taken away (from her husband), T.: cohortes secum, Cs.: squalent abductis arva colonis, drafted (for the war), V.: ipsos in lautumias; (poet.): tollite me, Teucri, quascumque abducite terras (i. e. in terras), V.: pluteos ad alia opera, conduct, Cs.: capita retro ab ictu, draw back, V. — Esp., to take home (to dine): tum me convivam solum abducebat sibi, T.—To take (prisoner), arrest: hunc abduce, vinci, T.: e foro abduci, non perduci, arrested for debt, not enticed (by a love-adventure). — To take apart, lead aside (for a private interview): Iugurtham in praetorium, S.—To carry away forcibly, ravish, rob: filia, vi abducta ab tibicine: soceros legere et gremiis abducere pactas, steal betrothed damsels from their bosoms, V.; in jurid. lang.: auferre et abducere, to take and drive away (auferre of inanimate things, abducere of living beings), C. — Fig., to lead away, separate, distinguish: animum a corpore: divinationem a coniecturis.—To seduce, alienate: legiones a Bruto: equitatum a consule: servum ab avo.—From a study, pursuit, or duty, to withdraw, draw off, hinder: a quo studio abduci negotiis: aliquem a quaestu: ab isto officio incommodo.—To bring down, reduce, degrade: ad hanc hominum libidinem me.

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  • 48 premō

        premō essī, essus, ere    [PREM-], to press: ad pectora natos, V.: anguem humi, to tread on, V.: membra paterna rotis, i. e. drove her chariot over the body, O.: trabes Premunt columnas, press upon, H.: ubera plena, i. e. milk, O.: frena manu, grasp, O.: dente frena, champ, O.: grana ore suo, chew, O.: presso molari, with compressed teeth, Iu.: pressum lac, i. e. cheese, V.: quod surgente die mulsere, Nocte premunt, make into cheese, V.: litus, hug the shore, H.— To press out, express, obtain by pressing: pressa tuis balanus capillis, i. e. balsam, H.: oleum, express, H.— To press upon, lie on, rest on, be upon: humum, O.: toros, O.: hoc quod premis habeto, O.: pharetram cervice, O.— To cover, bury, suppress, hide: alqd terrā, H.: Omne lucrum tenebris premebat humus, O.: ossa male pressa, i. e. buried, O.: Conlectum sub naribus ignem, repressing (of a horse), V.— To cover, crown, adorn: ut premerer sacrā lauro, H.: Fronde crinem, V.— To press hard, bear upon, crowd, throng, pursue closely: Hac fugerent Grai, premeret Troiana iuventus, thronged, V.: Hinc Rutulus premit, V.: hostīs ex loco superiore, Cs.: naves cum adversarios premerent acrius, N.: Trīs famulos, i. e. kill., V.: ad retia cervom, chase, V.— To press down, burden, load, freight: Nescia quem premeret, on whose back she sat, O.: pressae carinae, loaded, V.— To press down, depress, cause to sink: sors, quae tollit eosdem, Et premit, O.: mundus ut ad Scythiam Consurgit, premitur, etc., is depressed, V.: dentīs in vite, O.: presso sub vomere, V.: cubito remanete presso, i. e. rest on your couches, H.— To mark, impress: littera articulo pressa tremente, written, O.: multā via pressa rotā, O.— To set out, plant: virgulta per agros, V.: pressae propaginis arcūs, layers, V.— To press down, make deep, impress: vestigio leviter presso: sulcum, draw a furrow, V.: cavernae in altitudinem pressae, Cu.— To press close, compress, close, shut: oculos, V.: fauces, O.: laqueo collum, strangle, H.: praecordia senis, stop the breath, Iu.: quibus illa premetur Per somnum digitis, choked, Iu. — To shorten, keep down, prune: falce vitem, H.: luxuriem falce, O.— To check, arrest: vestigia, V. — To visit frequently, frequent: forum.—Fig., to press, be pressing, burden, oppress, overwhelm, weigh down: necessitas eum premebat: aerumnae, quae me premunt, S.: pressus gravitate soporis, O.: aere alieno premi, Cs.: premi periculis.— To press, press upon, urge, drive, importune, pursue, press hard: cum a me premeretur: Criminibus premunt veris, urge, O.: a plerisque ad exeundum premi, to be importuned, N.: Numina nulla premunt, V.: (deus) Os rabidum fingit premendo, i. e. by his inspiration, V.— To follow up, press home, urge, dwell upon: argumentum etiam atque etiam: (vocem) pressit, i. e. laid to heart, V.— To cover, hide, conceal: dum nocte premuntur, V.: iam te premet nox, H.— To lower, pull down, humble, degrade, disparage, depreciate: premebat eum factio, kept him down, L.: hunc prensantem premebat nobilitas, opposed his candidacy, L.: arma Latini, V.: opuscula (opp. laudet ametque), H.— To compress, abridge, condense: haec Zeno sic premebat.— To check, arrest, repress, restrain: cursum ingeni tui, Brute, premit haec clades: vocem, to be silent, V. — To surpass, exceed, overshadow: Facta premant annos, O.: ne prisca vetustas Laude pudicitiae saecula nostra premat, O.— To keep down, rule: ventos imperio, V.: Mycenas servitio, V.
    * * *
    premere, pressi, pressus V
    press, press hard, pursue; oppress; overwhelm

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  • 49 re-moveō

        re-moveō mōvī    （pluperf. remōrant, H.), mōtus, ēre, to move back, take away, set aside, put off, drive away, withdraw, remove: pecora, Cs.: ex conspectu remotis equis, Cs.: mensā remotā, O.: Postquam mensae remotae, V.: frena, H.: Aurora removerat ignīs, O.: remotis arbitris: tactu virilīs Virgineo manūs, O.: paulum ab legionibus nostros, Cs.: praesidia ex iis locis, quae, etc.: se in montīs ex urbe, H.: Ex oculis manūs, O.: castra sex milia ab oppido, L.: comas a fronte ad aurīs, O.: parvos natos ab se, H.: plura de medio: arcanis oculos profanos, O.—Fig., to take away, set aside, abolish, put out of view: sumptum: omnia removistis, avaritiam, etc., S.: remoto ioco, jesting aside: soporem, O.: poeta remotus iniuriā adversarium Ab studio, T.: Caelium ab re p., deprive of political rights, Cs.: remoto Catilinā, out of the way: Clodio remoto, dead: a negotiis publicis se, withdraw: ab amicitiā Pompei se: Vim procul hinc, O.: hos quidem ab hoc sermone removeamus, leave out of consideration: thalamis pudorem, O.—To take away, deduct, subtract: si de quincunce remota est Uncia, H.

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  • 50 Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret

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  • 51 elido

    ē-līdo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [laedo].
    I. A.
    Lit.:

    aurigam e curru,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 41:

    oculos,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 45; Verg. A. 8, 261:

    ignem velut e silice,

    Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214; cf.:

    flammas ex sese,

    id. 18, 35, 84, § 358:

    ignes nubibus,

    Ov. M. 6, 696:

    aërem lituis,

    Luc. 7, 476:

    partum,

    i. e. to produce abortion, Cels. 1, 7; Plin. 25, 3, 7, § 25:

    litteras,

    to strike out by syncope, to elide, Gell. 5, 12, 5:

    vina praelis,

    i. e. to press out, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 73; cf.

    herbam,

    Ov. F. 4, 371:

    corpora equorum eodem elisa, i. e. ad litus ejecta,

    Tac. A. 2, 24.—
    B.
    Trop.: animam alicui, Lucil. ap. Non. 291, 32:

    (imago) recta retrorsum Sic eliditur, ut, etc.,

    is thrown back, reflected, Lucr. 4, 296:

    colores repercussu parietum,

    Plin. 37, 9, 52, § 137:

    sibilum,

    to force out, Cels. 4, 4, 2; cf.

    sonum,

    Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 269; 14, 22, 28, § 146:

    vocem,

    Quint. 11, 3, 51:

    morbum,

    to drive out, expel, Cels. 4, 4, 3; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 6: magnas sententias, to send forth, utter (the fig. being that of a cloud discharging itself), Quint. 2, 11, 7 Spald.—
    II.
    To break or dash to pieces, to shatter, to crush to death.
    A.
    Lit.:

    talos alicui,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 12:

    tuum caput,

    id. Poen. 2, 46; Liv. 21, 45:

    fauces,

    to strangle, Ov. M. 12, 142: naves, * Caes. B. C. 3, 27, 2:

    aliquem stipite,

    Curt. 9, 7 fin.:

    draconem pondere,

    Plin. 8, 11, 11, § 32:

    geminos angues (Hercules),

    i. e. to strangle, Verg. A. 8, 289; cf.

    infantes,

    Flor. 3, 3, 17 al. —
    B.
    Trop., to break down, destroy:

    (poetae) nervos omnes virtutis elidunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 11 fin.; cf.:

    aegritudine elidi,

    id. ib. 5, 6, 16:

    prius pactum per posterius,

    i. e. to abrogate, Dig. 2, 14, 27.

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  • drive back — phrasal verb [transitive, usually passive] Word forms drive back : present tense I/you/we/they drive back he/she/it drives back present participle driving back past tense drove back past participle driven back if you are driven back by something …   English dictionary

  • drive back — Synonyms and related words: beat back, beat off, block, brush off, chase, chase away, chase off, check, counter, cut, dismiss, drive away, fend, fend off, hinder, hold at bay, hold off, keep at bay, keep off, obstruct, pack off, parry, push back …   Moby Thesaurus

  • drive back — repel, repulse, ward off, resist …   English contemporary dictionary

  • drive back — Repel, repulse …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • back — [adj1] end aback, abaft, aft, after, astern, back of, backward, behind, final, following, hind, hindmost, in the wake of, posterior, rear, rearmost, rearward, tail; concepts 827,833 Ant. front back [adj2] from earlier time delayed, elapsed,… …   New thesaurus

  • drive away — index deport (banish), dispel, parry, repel (drive back), repulse, spurn, stave …   Law dictionary

  • drive — drive1 [ draıv ] (past tense drove [ drouv ] ; past participle driven [ drıvn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 control vehicle ▸ 2 provide power to move ▸ 3 push something to hit something else ▸ 4 force someone to leave ▸ 5 force someone into bad state ▸ 6 make …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • drive — [c]/draɪv / (say druyv) verb (drove or, Archaic, drave, driven, driving) –verb (t) 1. to send along, away, off, in, out, back, etc., by compulsion; force along. 2. to overwork; overtask. 3. to cause and guide the movement of (an animal, vehicle,… …  

  • drive */*/*/ — I UK [draɪv] / US verb Word forms drive : present tense I/you/we/they drive he/she/it drives present participle driving past tense drove UK [drəʊv] / US [droʊv] past participle driven UK [ˈdrɪv(ə)n] / US 1) [intransitive/transitive] to control a… …   English dictionary

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