Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bedrive
Participle: bedrived
Gerund: bedriving
Indicative
Present
| I | bedrive |
| you | bedrive |
| he;she;it | bedrives |
| we | bedrive |
| you | bedrive |
| they | bedrive |
Perfect
| I | have bedrived |
| you | have bedrived |
| he;she;it | has bedrived |
| we | have bedrived |
| you | have bedrived |
| they | have bedrived |
Past
| I | bedrived |
| you | bedrived |
| he;she;it | bedrived |
| we | bedrived |
| you | bedrived |
| they | bedrived |
Pluperfect
| I | had bedrived |
| you | had bedrived |
| he;she;it | had bedrived |
| we | had bedrived |
| you | had bedrived |
| they | had bedrived |
Future
| I | will bedrive |
| you | will bedrive |
| he;she;it | will bedrive |
| we | will bedrive |
| you | will bedrive |
| they | will bedrive |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bedrived |
| you | will have bedrived |
| he;she;it | will have bedrived |
| we | will have bedrived |
| you | will have bedrived |
| they | will have bedrived |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bedrive |
| you | bedrive |
| he;she;it | bedrive |
| we | bedrive |
| you | bedrive |
| they | bedrive |
Perfect
| I | have bedrived |
| you | have bedrived |
| he;she;it | have bedrived |
| we | have bedrived |
| you | have bedrived |
| they | have bedrived |
Imperfect
| I | bedrived |
| you | bedrived |
| he;she;it | bedrived |
| we | bedrived |
| you | bedrived |
| they | bedrived |
Pluperfect
| I | had bedrived |
| you | had bedrived |
| he;she;it | had bedrived |
| we | had bedrived |
| you | had bedrived |
| they | had bedrived |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bedrive |
| you | would bedrive |
| he;she;it | would bedrive |
| we | would bedrive |
| you | would bedrive |
| they | would bedrive |
Perfect
| I | would have bedrived |
| you | would have bedrived |
| he;she;it | would have bedrived |
| we | would have bedrived |
| you | would have bedrived |
| they | would have bedrived |
Imperative
| you | bedrive |
| we | Let's bedrive |
| you | bedrive |
Verbs conjugated like 'bedrive'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bedrive'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English bidriven, from Old English bedrīfan (“to drive; beat; strike; assail; follow up; pursue; surround; cover”), from Proto-West Germanic *bidrīban, equivalent to be- + drive. Cognate with Dutch bedrijven (“to commit, perpetrate”), German betreiben (“to operate, conduct, pursue”), Swedish bedriva (“to manage, carry on, prosecute”). See: Dutch '
bedrijven', German, old spelling '
betreiben', Swedish '
bedriva'.
Verbs referencing "bedrive"
Swedish
bedriva, Danish
bedrive.
Sample Sentences
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But when every human help ceased, that they might trust more to divine help, they then first began to fight against their foes, who for many years before harried and plundered on them, and they then made a great slaughter among them, and bedrove them home, and had a victory. [1852, Alfred (King of England), The whole works of King Alfred the Great:]
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And every man that standeth here would well bethink him what he hath done and bedriven in his days, he should the better have patience and pity on Reynart. [1889, Henry Morley, Early prose romances:]