Crossword clues for striven
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. str[ae]be, Sw. str["a]fva. Cf. Strife.]
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To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
Was for this his ambition strove To equal C[ae]sar first, and after, Jove?
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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.My Spirit shall not always strive with man.
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Why dost thou strive against him?
--Job xxxiii. 13.Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate.
--Denham.3. To vie; to compete; to be a rival.
--Chaucer.[Not] that sweet grove Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired Castalian spring, might with this paradise Of Eden strive.
--Milton.Syn: To contend; vie; struggle; endeavor; aim.
Striven \Striv"en\, p. p. of Strive.
Wiktionary
vb. (past participle of strive English)
WordNet
See strive
Usage examples of "striven".
At every turn, she has striven to deny Anele from us, though his madness only accentuates the peril of his Earthpower.
For several years, apparently, she had striven to relieve her shame with conventional forms of exoneration: counseling, psychotherapy.
Even now, with Jeremiah in danger and her nerves primed for battle, she could see Covenant's flagrant eyes as he had striven to prevent her from sharing his peril.
He might describe how ur-viles came to be here, when Lord Foul had striven to destroy them all.
Had she remained alive in any coherent sense, able to make choices and act, she might have striven to counteract Joan's suffering.
In addition, they wished to honor the valor of all those who had striven against the Sunbane.
It violated her volition, affirmed everything she had ever striven to deny about herself.
All her life, she had striven for power, for effectiveness against death.
Here was her chance to protect Covenant from himself-to spare him in the same way he had so often striven to spare her.
Within her lay death and peace, and she yearned for them because her life was as futile as everything she had ever striven to deny.
She had striven for it with every fiber of her will, fought for this chance to create her own answer.
Surely you do not believe that the Despiser will permit your flight-after he has striven so to bring about this confrontation of which you speak.
Either he has no power, or his power violates the Peace with which we have striven to serve the Land.
They had always striven to use the life of wood, the Earthpower in it, without destroying the thing they used.
She expected him to protest that he had often tried to help her, often striven to give her what support he could.