STRIVE
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Strive (?), v. i. [imp. Strove (?); p. p. Striven (?) (Rarely, Strove); p. pr. & vb. n. Striving.] [OF. estriver; of Teutonic origin, and akin to G. streben, D. streven, Dan. stræbe, Sw. str&ä;fva. Cf. Strife.] 1. To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
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Was for this his ambition strove
To equal Cæsar first, and after, Jove?
Cowley.
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2. To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth. Chaucer.
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My Spirit shall not always strive with man.
Gen. vi. 3.
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Why dost thou strive against him?
Job xxxiii. 13.
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Now private pity strove with public hate,
Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate.
Denham.
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3. To vie; to compete; to be a rival. Chaucer.
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[Not] that sweet grove
Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired
Castalian spring, might with this paradise
Of Eden strive.
Milton.
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Syn. -- To contend; vie; struggle; endeavor; aim.
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Strive, n. 1. An effort; a striving. [R.] Chapman.
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2. Strife; contention. [Obs.] Wyclif (luke xxi. 9).
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