drift

dɹɪft

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#1·5h ago

(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.

1678, Robert South, Prevention of Sin an unvaluable Mercy, sermon preached at Christ-Church, Oxon on November 10, 1678

Origin: From , act of driving, drove, shower of rain or snow, impulse, from , from , from . Equivalent to ; cognate with , , , and drove, pasture, , ,. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.

: A bad man, being under the drift of any passion, will follow the impulse of it till something interpose.

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A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.

c. early 1700s, Joseph Addison, A Discourse on Ancient and Modern Learning

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