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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Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
Restrive :: Restrive (v. i.) To strive anew.
Grasp :: Grasp (v. i.) To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.
Groan :: Groan (v. i.) To strive after earnestly, as with groans..
Affecter :: Affecter (n.) One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after..
Wrestle :: Wrestle (v. t.) Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend..
Lobby :: Lobby (n.) That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly; hence, the persons, collectively, who frequent such a place to transact business with the legislators; any persons, not members of a legislative body, who strive to influence its proceedings by personal agency..
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.
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..
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
Rustle :: Rustle (v. i.) To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.
Striver :: Striven () p. p. of Strive.
Tug :: Tug (v. i.) To labor; to strive; to struggle.
Imitate :: Imitate (v. t.) To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc..
Resist :: Resist (v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose..
Vie :: Vie (v. i.) To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition..
Striven :: Strived (p. p.) Striven.
Striving :: Striver (n.) One who strives.
Force :: Force (v. i.) To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.
Struggle :: Struggle (v. i.) To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body..
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