driven, goaded
(adjective) compelled forcibly by an outside agency; “mobs goaded by blind hatred”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
goaded
simple past tense and past participle of goad
Source: Wiktionary
Goad, n. Etym: [AS. gad; perh. akin to AS. gar a dart, and E. gore. See Gore, v. t.]
Definition: A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates. The daily goad urging him to the daily toil. Macaulay.
Goad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Goaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Goading.]
Definition: To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate. That temptation that doth goad us on. Shak.
Syn.
– To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite; instigate.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
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