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gainstrive

verb

Etymology

From gain- + strive.

  1. derived from *stribēn✻ — “to strive”
  2. derived from *strībaną✻
  3. derived from *strīban✻ — “to exert, make an effort”
  4. derived from estriver — “to compete, quarrel”
  5. inherited from striven — “to strive”
  6. prefixed as gainstrive — “gain + strive”

Definitions

  1. To strive against

    To strive against; to resist, oppose.

  2. To resist

    To resist; to fight back.

    • For on the spoile of women he doth live, / Whose bodies chast, when ever in his powre / He may them catch unable to gainstrive, / He with his shamefull lust doth first deflowre, / And afterwardes themselves doth cruelly devoure.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA