†beˈdrive,v.Obs.[f.be- + drive: in Caxton, directly afterFlem.bedryven, or G. betreiben.]a.trans.To drive about;b.To commit, perpetrate, do;c.intr.To have to do with.c1205Lay.6206Sæ-werie men mid wedere bi-driuene.1481CaxtonReynard (Arb.) 78Ony that wolde bedryue ony thyng ayenst you.Ibid.114No man dar..but preyse alle that they bedryue.Ibid.27Also I have bydryuen with dame erswynde his wyf.