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Strife

Strife Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Strife? [n] bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension [n] lack of agreement or harmony Synonyms \| Synonyms for Strife: discord Related Terms \| Find terms related to Strife: See Also \| battle \| conflict \| countercurrent \| discord \| discordance \| disorder \| struggle Strife In Webster's Dictionary \Strife\, n. [OF. estrif. See {Strive}.] 1. The act of striving; earnest endeavor. [Archaic] --Shak. 2. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. Doting about questions and strifes of words. --1 Tim. vi. 4. Thus gods contended -- noble strife - Who most should ease the wants of life. --Congreve. 3. Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle. Twenty of them fought in this black strife. --Shak. These vows, thus granted, raised a strife above Betwixt the god of war and queen of love. --Dryden. 4. That which is contended against; occasion of contest. [Obs.] ``Lamenting her unlucky strife.'' --Spenser. Syn: Contest; struggle; quarrel. See {Contention}.

Strife Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Strife?

[n] bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
[n] lack of agreement or harmony

Synonyms | Synonyms for Strife: discord

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Strife In Webster's Dictionary

\Strife\, n. [OF. estrif. See {Strive}.]
1. The act of striving; earnest endeavor. [Archaic] --Shak.

2. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of
   emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts.

         Doting about questions and strifes of words. --1
                                               Tim. vi. 4.

         Thus gods contended -- noble strife - Who most
         should ease the wants of life.        --Congreve.

3. Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.

         Twenty of them fought in this black strife. --Shak.

         These vows, thus granted, raised a strife above
         Betwixt the god of war and queen of love. --Dryden.

4. That which is contended against; occasion of contest.
   [Obs.] ``Lamenting her unlucky strife.'' --Spenser.

Syn: Contest; struggle; quarrel. See {Contention}.

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