varyti

From Proto-Indo-European *wor-é-ye-ti, a causative o-grade formation of *wer- (“to watch, be wary”); the sense development may be explained as "to make (animals) alert and wary" > "to cause said animals to flee" > "to urge or drive out". Compare Latvian veru (“to run”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [vɐˈrʲîːtʲɪ]

varýti (third-person present tense vãro, third-person past tense vãrė)^[2][3]

1. (transitive) to drive
   1. to expel or urge by force, to turn out

      ką̃ į̇̃ gãtvę išvarýti^[2] - turn someone out onto the street

   2. to cause animals to flee
   3. to compel
   4. to hit

      vìnį įvarýti į̃ síeną^[2] - drive a nail into the wall

2. (transitive) to thaw
3. (transitive) to make ripen (corns etc.)
4. (transitive) to distill

• (to expel): vyti, šalinti, joti
• (to cause animals to flee): ginti
• (to compel): liepti, priversti
• (to hit): kalti
• (to make ripen): nokinti
• (to distill): distiliuoti