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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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..
Wrestle :: Wrestle (v. t.) Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See Weak..
Struggle :: Struggle (v. i.) 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..
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..
Strowed :: Strove () imp. of Strive.
Strive :: Strive (v. i.) To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
Striver :: Striven () p. p. of Strive.
Contest :: Contest (v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with..
Explore :: Explore (v. t.) To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.
Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
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..
Striven :: Strived (p. p.) Striven.
Envie :: Envie (v. i.) To vie; to emulate; to strive.
Struggle :: Struggle (v. i.) To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body..
Rustle :: Rustle (v. i.) To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.
Imitate :: Imitate (v. t.) To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc..
Endeavor :: Endeavor (v. t.) To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.
Pickthank :: Pickthank (n.) One who strives to put another under obligation; an officious person; hence, a flatterer. Used also adjectively..
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