3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Strive  \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 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Striving  \Striv"ing\, 
  a.  &  n.  from  {Strive}.  --  {Striv"ing*ly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  striving 
  n  :  an  effortful  attempt  to  attain  a  goal  [syn:  {nisus},  {pains}, 
  {strain}] 

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