About The Word Strive
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Strive
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What's The Definition Of Strive?
[v] to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear."
[v] attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy" Synonyms | Synonyms for Strive: endeavor | endeavour | reach | strain Related Terms | Find terms related to Strive: See Also | assay | attempt | be at pains | bother | buck | drive | essay | extend oneself | inconvenience oneself | kill oneself | labor | labour | overexert oneself | overstrain | push | seek | struggle | take pains | trouble | trouble oneself | try | tug Strive In Webster's Dictionary \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.
str[ae]be, Sw. str["a]fva. Cf. {Strife}.]
1. To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with
earnestness; to labor hard.
Was for this his ambition strove To equal C[ae]sar
first, and after, Jove? --Cowley.
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.
My Spirit shall not always strive with man. --Gen.
vi. 3.
Why dost thou strive against him? --Job xxxiii.
13.
Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason
with rage, and eloquence with fate. --Denham.
3. To vie; to compete; to be a rival. --Chaucer.
[Not] that sweet grove Of Daphne, by Orontes and the
inspired Castalian spring, might with this paradise
Of Eden strive. --Milton.
Syn: To contend; vie; struggle; endeavor; aim.
\Strive\, n. 1. An effort; a striving. [R.] --Chapman. 2. Strife; contention. [Obs.] --Wyclif (luke xxi. 9). |
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