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striven |
2 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]: Striven \Striv"en\, p. p. of {Strive}.
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