strive

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1. 1.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.
2. 2.Why dost thou strive against him Job xxxiii.
3. 3.Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. Denham.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.An effort; a striving. [R.] Chapman.
6. 6.Strife; contention. [Obs.] Wyclif (luke xxi. 9).

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is why dost thou strive against him Job xxxiii called?
• What is now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. Denham called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is strife; contention. [Obs.] Wyclif (luke xxi. 9) called?