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striven
(mass) | striven
- strive/strove/striven |
striven
(encz) | striven,strive/strove/striven v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
striven
(encz) | striven,usiloval v: Zdeněk Brož |
Striven
(gcide) | Striven \Striv"en\,
p. p. of Strive.
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Striven
(gcide) | Strive \Strive\, v. i. [imp. Strove; p. p. Striven(Rarely,
Strove); p. pr. & vb. n. Striving.] [OF. estriver; of
Teutonic origin, and akin to G. streben, D. streven, Dan.
straebe, Sw. str[aum]fva. Cf. Strife.]
1. To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with
earnestness; to labor hard.
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Was for this his ambition strove
To equal Caesar first, and after, Jove? --Cowley.
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2. To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute;
to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with
before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against
temptation; strive for the truth. --Chaucer.
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My Spirit shall not always strive with man. --Gen.
vi. 3.
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Why dost thou strive against him? --Job xxxiii.
13.
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Now private pity strove with public hate,
Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. --Denham.
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3. To vie; to compete; to be a rival. --Chaucer.
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[Not] that sweet grove
Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired
Castalian spring, might with this paradise
Of Eden strive. --Milton.
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Syn: To contend; vie; struggle; endeavor; aim.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
striven
(mass) | striven
- strive/strove/striven |
strive/strove/striven
(msas) | strive/strove/striven
- strive, striven, strove |
strive/strove/striven
(msasasci) | strive/strove/striven
- strive, striven, strove |
striven
(encz) | striven,strive/strove/striven v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladstriven,usiloval v: Zdeněk Brož |
strive/strove/striven
(czen) | strive/strove/striven,strivev: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladstrive/strove/striven,strivenv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladstrive/strove/striven,strovev: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
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