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Definition of Strived
1. p. p. Striven.
Definition of Strived
1. Verb. (British) (past of strive) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strived
1. strive [v] - See also: strive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strived
Literary usage of Strived
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller (1842)
"The Scotch Discipline in vain strived for. Coercive Power kept in the Parliament.
AD 1644. Look we now again into the Assembly of Divines, where we find Dr. ..."
2. The British Drama: Comprehending the Best Plays in the English Language (1804)
"... he strived.to set her forth, Though the rare subject made him eloquent, He
would complain, all he could say came short Of her deservings. Cot. ..."
3. A popular commentary on the New Testament by Daniel Denison Whedon (1875)
"20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, ...
Have I strived—The translators seem to have covered up a Greek word they did ..."
4. Exposition of the Epistle to the Romans with Remarks on the Commentaries of by Robert Haldane (1847)
"Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I
should ... The word translated strived, literally signifies to love honor; ..."