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Definition of
drove verb
from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
drove
verb
/drəʊv/
/drəʊv/
[usually plural]
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past tense of
drive
Word Origin
Old English
drāf
, related to
drīfan
‘to drive’.
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