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verb

Strive v. i. (past strove; past part. striven or strived; pres. part. striving)

1.

To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard. "Was for this his ambition strove To equal Caesar first, and after, Jove?"

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. "My Spirit shall not always strive with man." "Why dost thou strive against him?" "Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate."

3.

To vie; to compete; to be a rival. "(Not) that sweet grove Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired Castalian spring, might with this paradise Of Eden strive."

Synonyms: To contend; vie; struggle; endeavor; aim.

noun

Strive n.

1.

An effort; a striving. (R.)

2.

Strife; contention. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— The Cost • David Graham Phillips

... eye; Bow to him thrice with a courtier's grace, Proffer your query, and pause for reply. Eagerly ask for a hint of the Glug, Pause for reply with your hat in your hand; If he responds with a snort and a shrug Strive to interpret and understand. ...

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... without the production of much cogitative accompaniment, and any perfectly fluent course of thought awakens but little feeling; but when the movement is inhibited, or when the thought meets with difficulties, we experience distress. It is only when the distress is upon us that we can be said to strive, to crave, or to aspire. When enjoying plenary freedom either in the way of motion or of thought, we are in a sort of anaesthetic state in which we might say with Walt Whitman, if we cared to say ...

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... he was able, to land him on the pan in the middle of the lane when it lay in the trough, Tommy Lark set out to the rescue. It will be recalled that the pan would not support two men. Two men could not accurately adjust their weight. Both would strive for the center. They would grapple there; and, in the end, when the pan jumped on edge both ...

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