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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
strive .
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Examples
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Mr. Sale and the Rev.W. Rodwell are right in translating by "striveth" and "efforts" respectively, and so is Sir W. Muir in taking it into, what he styles, the general sense of the verse (The Life of Mahomet, Vol. III, p. 32).
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"With the wind the going is easy, but against the wind a man striveth hard; and for that they had no paddles these men on the big canoe did not strive at all."
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"With the wind the going is easy, but against the wind a man striveth hard; and for that they had no paddles these men on the big canoe did not strive at all."
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And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things.
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And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things.
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Faire Ladies, it hath happened many times, that he who striveth to scorne and floute other men, and especially in occasions deserving to be respected, proveth to mocke himselfe with the selfe same matter, yea, and to his no meane danger beside.
The Decameron 2004
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And on these two kings warreth a mighty man of men, the King Claudas, and striveth with them for a castle, and great war is betwixt them.
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It is not unknown to me how Cl. Galen striveth with might and main to prove that these are not proper and particular notions proceeding intrinsically from the thing itself, but accidentally and by chance.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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It is not unknown to me how Cl. Galen striveth with might and main to prove that these are not proper and particular notions proceeding intrinsically from the thing itself, but accidentally and by chance.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Then he threw himself upon the eldest born, and the prince laid down his spear and said, “A wise and prudent man striveth not with dragons.”
The Epic of Kings Firdausi 2002
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