See also: dřevě

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Etymology edit

From Middle English dreven (also droven), from Old English drēfan, *drōfian (to trouble, vex, agitate, disturb the mind of), from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną (to disturb, excite, make muddy), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment). Cognate with Low German dröven, Dutch droeven (to be sad, grieve), German trüben (to dull, dim, cloud, tarnish, trouble), Swedish bedröva (to grieve, sadden, distress). Related to droff.

Verb edit

dreve (third-person singular simple present dreves, present participle dreving, simple past and past participle dreved)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To trouble; afflict; make anxious.

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dreve

  1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of drijven

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Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic древа (dreva).

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dreve f pl (plural only)

  1. sawdust

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  • dreve in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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dreve n

  1. locative singular of drevo