v. Obs. [f. BE- + DRIVE: in Caxton, directly after Flem. bedryven, or G. betreiben.]
a. trans. To drive about; b. To commit, perpetrate, do; c. intr. To have to do with.
c. 1205. Lay., 6206. Sæ-werie men mid wedere bi-driuene.
1481. Caxton, Reynard (Arb.), 78. Ony that wolde bedryue ony thyng ayenst you. Ibid., 114. No man dar … but preyse alle that they bedryue. Ibid., 27. Also I have bydryuen with dame erswynde his wyf.
