drift (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. dēfĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3 (to some point)II. Intrans.1. flŭĭto, 12. fĕror, dēfĕror, lātus, 3 • drift (v.): I. Trans.: 1. dēfĕro, tŭli, lātum, 3 (to some point): to be d.'d by the tide, aestu deferri, Caes.: v. to drive. 2. excĭto, 1 (to raise, as the wind does sand): cf. Sall. Jug. 79, med. II. Intrans.: 1. flŭĭto, 1: a ship [the state] d.ing in the storms of sedition, navis fluitans (in alto) tempestatibus seditionum, Cic. 2. fĕror, dēfĕror, lātus, 3: v. supr. (I), and to carry. Phr.: the snow d.s with the force of the wind, *nix cumulatur (exaggeratur) vento.