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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



... and crying out, 'Mercy, mercy! For our Blessed Lady's sake, have pity on our children!' till the good Queen, with the tears running down her cheeks for very ruth, told them that the power was not in her hands, but the will was for them and their poor sons, and that she would strive so to plead for them with the King as to win their freedom. Meantime, there were the aldermen watching for the King in his chamber of presence, till forth he came, when all fell on their knees, and the Recorder ...
— The Armourer's Prentices • Charlotte Mary Yonge
... his environment to extremes in human behavior, some to asceticism, some to self-indulgence, be it the lust of love or of power, he lays emphasis on the inadequacy of any one pursuit for the demands of man's complex nature, and recommends a harmonious blending of all things for which men strive.[79] ...
— A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy • Isaac Husik
... let your mind often harbor the thought that I shall ever forget you! It is intolerable to me. My chief aim in life has been, is, and will be to strive so that we may soon be reunited and happy....Reflect that you have a son who will never consciously forget his filial duty toward you, and who will labor ever to grow more worthy of ...
— Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in his own Words • Friedrich Kerst and Henry Edward Krehbiel
... and cried." It is the solitary instance recorded of Him of whom it is said, "He shall not strive nor cry," lifting up "His voice in the streets." But it was truth of surpassing interest and magnitude He had to proclaim. It was a declaration, moreover, specially dear to him. As it formed the ...
— The Words of Jesus • John R. Macduff
... turn, imprisoned him, adding fresh years of gloom to those which already had lacked sunlight. And thus he remained the martyr of freedom: freedom which he still desired in spite of everything; freedom, which, strive as he ...
— The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete - Lourdes, Rome and Paris • Emile Zola


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