Definition of Restriving

1. Verb. (present participle of restrive) ¹

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Definition of Restriving

1. restrive [v] - See also: restrive

Lexicographical Neighbors of Restriving

restrike
restrikes
restriking
restring
restringency
restringent
restringing
restrings
restripe
restriped
restripes
restriping
restrive
restriven
restrives
restriving (current term)
restroom
restrooms
restrove
restruck
restructural
restructuration
restructure
restructured
restructured cell
restructurer
restructurers
restructures
restructuring
restructurings

Literary usage of Restriving

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Guardian by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1804)
"But when amity was dead, confidence could not live; and who should quit first was the question; which on neither part either would perform, and restriving ..."

2. The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1810)
"... which on neither part either would perform, and restriving again afresh, with a kick and a wrench together, I freed my long captivated weapon. ..."

3. The British Essayists: With Prefaces Biographical, Historical and Critical by Lionel Thomas Berguer (1823)
"But when amity was dead, confidence could not live; and who should quit first was the question; which on neither part either would perform, and restriving ..."

4. The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical by James Ferguson (1819)
"But when amity was dead, confidence could not live ; and who should quit first was the question ; which on neither part either would perform, and restriving ..."

5. Domestic Annals of Scotland: From the Reformation to the Revolution by Robert Chambers (1874)
"... and who should quit first, was the question; which on neither part either would perform, and restriving again afresh, with a kick and a wrench together, ..."

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