'Driven' definitions:
Definition of 'driven'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Compelled forcibly by an outside agency; "mobs goaded by blind hatred" [syn: driven, goaded]
adjective
Urged or forced to action through moral pressure; "felt impelled to take a stand against the issue" [syn: driven, impelled]
adjective
Strongly motivated to succeed [syn: compulsive, determined, driven]
Definition of 'Driven'
From: GCIDE
- Drive \Drive\ (dr[imac]v), v. t. [imp. Drove (dr[=o]v), formerly Drave (dr[=a]v); p. p. Driven (dr[i^]v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Driving.] [AS. dr[imac]fan; akin to OS. dr[imac]ban, D. drijven, OHG. tr[imac]ban, G. treiben, Icel. dr[imac]fa, Goth. dreiban. Cf. Drift, Drove.]
- 1. To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to; as, to drive cattle; to drive a nail; smoke drives persons from a room. [1913 Webster]
- A storm came on and drove them into Pylos. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). [1913 Webster]
- Shield pressed on shield, and man drove man along. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Go drive the deer and drag the finny prey. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To urge on and direct the motions of, as the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door. [1913 Webster]
- How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother! --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by necessity, by persuasion, by force of circumstances, by argument, and the like. " Enough to drive one mad." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had done for his. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To carry or; to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute. [Now used only colloquially.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- The trade of life can not be driven without partners. --Collier. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To clear, by forcing away what is contained. [1913 Webster]
- To drive the country, force the swains away. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Mining) To dig Horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel. --Tomlinson. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To pass away; -- said of time. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Specif., in various games, as tennis, baseball, etc., to propel (the ball) swiftly by a direct stroke or forcible throw. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 9. to operate (a vehicle) while it is on motion, by manipulating the controls, such as the steering, propulsion, and braking mechanisms. [PJC]
Definition of 'Driven'
From: GCIDE
- Driven \Driv"en\, p. p. of Drive. Also adj. [1913 Webster]
- Driven well, a well made by driving a tube into the earth to an aqueous stratum; -- called also drive well. [1913 Webster]