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# How to pronounce "bedrive" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/bɛdræɪv/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **be·drive**

## Meaning & Usage

### VERB
- To drive or toss about; drive out, off, back, or away; defeat.
  - *Example*: "But when every human help ceased, that they might trust more to divine help, they then first began to fight against their foes, who for many years before harried and plundered on them, and they then made a great slaughter among them, and bedrove them home, and had a victory."
- To effect; do; commit; perpetrate; experience.
  - *Example*: "And every man that standeth here would well bethink him what he hath done and bedriven in his days, he should the better have patience and pity on Reynart."

### Example Sentences
- "But when every human help ceased, that they might trust more to divine help, they then first began to fight against their foes, who for many years before harried and plundered on them, and they then made a great slaughter among them, and bedrove them home, and had a victory."
- "And every man that standeth here would well bethink him what he hath done and bedriven in his days, he should the better have patience and pity on Reynart."

## Video Examples

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## How to Pronounce "bedrive"

- **Syllables**: be · drive
- **IPA**: `/bɛdræɪv/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the pronunciation — notice how the vowel sound is clearly emphasized.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[bedrives](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/bedrives), [bedriving](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/bedriving)


## Related Pronunciations

[bearie](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/bearie)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “bedrive”?
“bedrive” is pronounced /bɛdræɪv/ (be · drive). Listen to the audio pronunciation above to hear it spoken clearly.

### How many syllables are in “bedrive”?
“bedrive” has 2 syllables: be · drive.

### What does “bedrive” mean?
To drive or toss about; drive out, off, back, or away; defeat.


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