Definition of strife

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Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts..

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Strived :: Strive (n.) Strife; contention.
Conflict :: Conflict (v.) A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
Strigate :: Strifeful (a.) Contentious; discordant.
Strife :: Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts..
Rostrifera :: Rostrifera (n. pl.) A division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, having the head prolonged into a snout which is not retractile..
Willow-weed :: Willow-weed (n.) A European species of loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris).
Chest :: Chest (n.) Strife; contention; controversy.
Seditious :: Seditious (a.) Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words..
Strife :: Strife (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.
Capture :: Capture (n.) The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction..
Engender :: Engender (v. t.) To cause to exist; to bring forth; to produce; to sow the seeds of; as, angry words engender strife..
Promote :: Promote (v. i.) To urge on or incite another, as to strife; also, to inform against a person..
Contention :: Contention (n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife..
Competition :: Competition (n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with..
Contention :: Contention (n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for..
Debate :: Debate (v. i.) To engage in strife or combat; to fight.
Odds :: Odds (a.) Quarrel; dispute; debate; strife; -- chiefly in the phrase at odds.
Strife :: Strife (n.) The act of striving; earnest endeavor.
Bate :: Bate (n.) Strife; contention.
Ostriferous :: Ostriferous (a.) Producing oysters; containing oysters.
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