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bedriven

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English

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Verb

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bedriven

  1. past participle of bedrive

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From be- +‎ driven.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bedriven

  1. to carry out, to perform
  2. to lead, to regulate
  3. to force, to necessitate

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: bedrijven
  • Limburgish: bedrieve

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Middle Low German

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Etymology

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From be +‎ drîven.

Pronunciation

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  • (originally) IPA(key): /bəˈdriːvən/

Verb

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bedrîven

  1. to drive cattle
    1. to work a piece of land by using cattle
    2. to make use of something with cattle
  2. to practice, to perform a job
  3. to create, to produce
  4. to bribe, to seduce

Declension

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Conjugation of bedriven as a class 1 strong verb
plain infinitive bedrîven
full infinitive (gerund) tô bedrîvene or tô bedrîvende
verbal noun bedrîven or bedrîvent
participles imperative
present bedrîvende singular bedrîf
past bedrēven plural bedrîvet
indicative subjunctive
present preterite present preterite
1st person singular bedrîve bedrêf bedrîve bedrēve
2nd person singular bedrîvest or bedrîfst bedrēvest bedrîvest bedrēvest
3rd person singular bedrîvet or bedrîft bedrêf bedrîvet bedrēve
plural bedrîven (bedrîvet?) bedrēven bedrîven bedrēven

Derived terms

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Swedish

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Participle

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bedriven

  1. past participle of bedriva

Adjective

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bedriven

  1. operated, run, managed

Declension

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Inflection of bedriven
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular bedriven
neuter singular bedrivet
plural bedrivna
masculine plural2 bedrivne
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 bedrivne
all bedrivna

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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