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Strive   /straɪv/   Listen
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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"Strive" Quotes from Famous Books



... speaking to thee. Thy little child clung to me only yesterday; and if it's gone to be an angel, it will speak to God for thee. Nay, don't sob a that 'as; thou shalt have it again in heaven; I know thou'lt strive to get there, for thy little Nancy's sake—and listen! I'll tell thee God's promises to them that are penitent—only ...
— Lizzie Leigh • Elizabeth Gaskell
... sovereignly unjust to native talent among the actors—I leave the dramatists alone. There are many who do excellent, independent work; strive for perfection, completeness—in short, the things ...
— Picture and Text - 1893 • Henry James
... slave in such extraordinary affliction, asked what had happened; but, instead of answering, she continued her sobs; and at last feigning to strive to check them, said, with words interrupted with sighs, "Alas! my most honoured lady and mistress, what greater misfortune could have befallen me than this, which obliges me to throw myself at your highness's feet. God prolong ...
— The Arabian Nights Entertainments Complete • Anonymous
... Enfield, to whom the query was put, "Mr. Croker will strive in all ways to prolong himself. It is with him both a matter of money and a matter of pride. But he will fail; his whilom follower, Mr. Carroll, is too powerful. Mr. Carroll is in possession and will yield only to Mr. Martin,—that inveterate ...
— The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 • Various
... nice and high sense of moral principle which ought to regulate every one's conduct—especially those in eminent positions—for the sake of illustrious example, and, in a man's own case, with reference to the awful realities of HEREAFTER: for a man should strive so to pass through things temporal, as not to lose sight ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 • Various


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