Definition of strive

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Strive (v. i.) To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.

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Striving :: Striver (n.) One who strives.
Vie :: Vie (v. i.) To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition..
Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
Reluct :: Reluct (v. i.) To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.
Labor :: Labor (n.) To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.
Fonde :: Fonde (v. t. & i.) To endeavor; to strive; to try.
Prize :: Prize (n.) An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort..
Grasp :: Grasp (v. i.) To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.
Strix :: Striving () a. & n. from Strive.
Force :: Force (v. i.) To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.
Strived :: Strive (n.) Strife; contention.
Pretend :: Pretend (v. i.) To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to..
Striver :: Striven () p. p. of Strive.
Compete :: Compete (v. i.) To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another..
Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose..
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against..
Struggle :: Struggle (v. i.) To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body..
Tew :: Tew (v. i.) To work hard; to strive; to fuse.
Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
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