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Webster 1913 Edition
Strife
1.
The act of striving; earnest endeavor.
[Archaic]
Shak.
2.
Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts.
Doting about questions and
strifes
of words. 1 Tim. vi. 4.
Thus gods contended – noble
Who most should ease the wants of life.
strife
-Who most should ease the wants of life.
Congreve.
3.
Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle.
Twenty of them fought in this black
strife
. Shakespeare
These vows, thus granted, raised a
Betwixt the god of war and queen of love.
strife
aboveBetwixt the god of war and queen of love.
Dryden.
4.
That which is contended against; occasion of contest.
[Obs.]
“Lamenting her unlucky strife.” Spenser.
Syn. – Contest; struggle; quarrel. See
Contention
. Webster 1828 Edition
Strife
STRIFE
,Noun.
1.
Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. Strife may be carried on between students or between mechanics.Thus Gods contended, noble strife, who most should ease the wants of life.
2.
Contention in anger or enmity; contest; struggle for victory; quarrel or war.I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon. Judges 12.
These vows thus granted, raisd a strife above betwixt the god of war and queen of love.
3.
Opposition; contrariety; contrast.Artificial strife lives in these touches livelier than life.
4.
The agitation produced by different qualities; as the strife of acid and alkali. [Little used.]Definition 2024
strife
strife
English
Noun
strife (countable and uncountable, plural strifes)
Synonyms
- (conflict): conflict, contention, discord
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
violent conflict
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