v. i.
Was for this his ambition strove
To equal Caesar first, and after, Jove? Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]
My Spirit shall not always strive with man. Gen. vi. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
Why dost thou strive against him? Job xxxiii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now private pity strove with public hate,
Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Not ] that sweet grove
Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired
Castalian spring, might with this paradise
Of Eden strive. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
obs. p. p.
Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel. Rom. xv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. p. of Strive. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who strives. [ 1913 Webster ]