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Grasp :: Grasp (v. i.) To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.

Fight :: Fight (v. i.) To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.

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..

Rival :: Rival (v. t.) To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love..

Reluct :: Reluct (v. i.) To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance.

Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows..

Strix :: Striving () a. & n. from Strive.

Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground..

Labor :: Labor (n.) To exert one's powers of mind in the prosecution of any design; to strive; to take pains.

Strove :: Striven (p. p.) of Striv.

Striver :: Striven () p. p. of Strive.

Imitate :: Imitate (v. t.) To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc..

Emulate :: Emulate (v. t.) To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great..

Strowed :: Strove () imp. of Strive.

Purchase :: Purchase (v. i.) To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.

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..

Force :: Force (v. i.) To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.

Contest :: Contest (v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with..

Scuffle :: Scuffle (v. i.) Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard..

Bandy :: Bandy (v. i.) To content, as at some game in which each strives to drive the ball his own way..

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