struggle

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1. 1.To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power to add or detract. Lincoln.
2. 2.To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress. 'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare. Dryden.
3. 3.A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.
4. 4.Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil. Macaulay.
5. 5.Contest; contention; strife. An honest might look upon the struggle with indifference. Addison.

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

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• What is to labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress. 'T is wisdom to beware, And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare. Dryden called?
• What is a violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress called?
• What is great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil. Macaulay called?
• What is contest; contention; strife. An honest might look upon the struggle with indifference. Addison called?