Hypertext Webster Gateway: "striving"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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}.]
1. 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? --Cowley.

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.

My Spirit shall not always strive with man. --Gen.
vi. 3.

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Striving \Striv"ing\,
a. & n. from {Strive}. -- {Striv"ing*ly}, adv.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

striving
n : an effortful attempt to attain a goal [syn: {nisus}, {pains},
{strain}]


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