strive (v.) Old form(s): striue, striuing
compete, contend, vie
AW I.iii.164[Countess to Helena] 'Daughter' and 'mother' / So strive upon your pulse [i.e. both make you upset]
Cym II.iv.73[Iachimo to Posthumus, of Innogen's tapestry] it did strive / In workmanship and value [i.e. it was difficult to tell which was greater]
KL IV.iii.16[Gentleman to disguised Kent, of Cordelia] patience and sorrow strove / Who should express her goodliest
Ven.968[of Venus] Variable passions throng her constant woe, / As striving who should best become her grief
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