单词 | gainstrive |
释义 | † gainstrivev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To strive against, oppose. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > strive against to stand with ——OE warc1230 contrast1489 gainstrive1549 oppugn1591 warsle1606 combat1627 stickle1627 reluctate1668 antagonize1742 to fight up against1768 1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Da Pacem in Whole Bk. Psalms The Word to offer thou dost not slacke, Which we unkindly gaine-strive. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. P.iiii In case yet all the fates gaynstriue vs not. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. iv. sig. P7v In his strong armes he stifly him embraste, Who him gainstriuing, nought at all preuaild. 2. intransitive. To make resistance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > strive against something witherc1000 wrag?c1225 wrest?c1225 strivec1300 repugna1382 strugglec1412 pressc1480 butt1566 wring?1570 gainstrive1596 wage1608 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vii. sig. G When euer in his powre He may them catch, vnable to gainestriue . View more context for this quotation DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > striving in opposition wragging?c1225 wraggling?c1225 countermoil1581 gainstriving1583 contrasting1688 counter-striving1710 combating1870 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie lxix. 423 We must hold on in so doing, what hardnes and gainestriuing soeuer wee meete withal. 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 106 You which vse no meanes at all, nor any gain-striuing, but willingly giue place to the diuel. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < v.1549 |
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