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v. t.
To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at; as, to seek wealth or fame; to seek one's life.
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.
n.
One who strives.
v. i.
To strive or struggle with a close grapple; to wrestle in a rough fashion.
v. t.
To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
v. t.
Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend.
v. i.
To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
p. p.
Striven.
p. p.
of Strive
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.
v. i.
To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.
v. i.
Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard.
v. i.
To contend; to strive violently; to fight.
v. i.
To labor; to strive; to struggle.
v. i.
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.
v. i.
To work hard; to strive; to fuse.
v. i.
To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition.
v. t.
To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.
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