Strife

Strife
Strife Strife, n. [OF. estrif. See {Strive}.] 1. The act of striving; earnest endeavor. [Archaic] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. [1913 Webster]

Doting about questions and strifes of words. --1 Tim. vi. 4. [1913 Webster]

Thus gods contended -- noble strife Who most should ease the wants of life. --Congreve. [1913 Webster]

3. Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle. [1913 Webster]

Twenty of them fought in this black strife. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

These vows, thus granted, raised a strife above Betwixt the god of war and queen of love. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

4. That which is contended against; occasion of contest. [Obs.] ``Lamenting her unlucky strife.'' --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Contest; struggle; quarrel. See {Contention}. [1913 Webster]


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