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strive

verb
/ˈstɹaɪv/

Etymology

From Middle English striven (“to strive”), from Old French estriver (“to compete, quarrel”), from Frankish *strīban (“to exert, make an effort”) from Proto-Germanic *strībaną, or from Frankish *stribēn (“to strive”) from Proto-Germanic *stribāną. As this verb is conjugated as if it were a strong verb (like drive, ride, and write), it is possible this word may instead be inherited from an unattested Old English *strīfan or *strifian, which would itself also be inherited from Proto-Germanic *strībaną.

  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”

Definitions

  1. To try to achieve a result

    To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.

    • He strove to excel.
    • We strive for the truth.
    • Though the writer has striven to dwell on aspects that have passed, or are passing away, it will be apparent that many features of Midland practice have been adopted as standard for the L.M.S.R. and other railways.

  2. To struggle in opposition

    To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.

    • to strive against fate
    • Now private pity strove with public hate, / Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate.
    • We have met this new thing that has come upon the earth and have striven against its armies, but could not drive them forth; and the new thing is beautiful but very angry, and is creeping towards the gods.

  3. To vie

    To vie; to compete as a rival.

    • [Not] that sweet grove Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired Castalian spring, might with this paradise Of Eden strive.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Alternative form of strife.

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Derived

do not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope, gainstrive, overstrive, restrive, striver, strivingly, unstriving, upstrive

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at strive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01strive02rival03privilege04granted05competing06competition07prize08striven

A definitional loop anchored at strive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at strive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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