The definition of strive is to try very hard or struggle.
(verb)See strive in Webster's New World College Dictionary
intransitive verb strove or strived, striven or strived, striving
Origin: ME striven < OFr estriver, to quarrel, contend < estrif, effort < Gmc, as in MHG striben, obs. Du strijven, to strive, struggle < IE *streibh- (> Gr striphnos, hard, solid) < base *(s)ter-, rigid > stare
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See strive in American Heritage Dictionary 4
intransitive verb strove strove (strōv), striv·en (strĭvˈən) or strived, striv·ing, strives
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Origin: Middle English striven
Origin: , from Old French estriver
Origin: , from estrit, estrif, quarrel; see strife
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