01 v. i. To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
imp.
Strove; p. p.
Striven; p. pr. & vb. n.
Striving
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To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.Rarely“Was for this his ambition strove To equal Caesar first, and after, Jove?” — Cowley.
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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.” — 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.
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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.” — Milton.