gainstrive

English

Etymology

From gain- +‎ strive.

Verb

gainstrive (third-person singular simple present gainstrives, present participle gainstriving, simple past gainstrived or gainstrove, past participle gainstrived or gainstriven)

(obsolete, transitive) To strive against; to resist, oppose. [16th century]
(obsolete, intransitive) To resist; to fight back. [16th century]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.7:
  For on the spoile of women he doth live, / Whose bodies chast, when ever in his powre / He may them catch unable to gainstrive, / He with his shamefull lust doth first deflowre, / And afterwardes themselves doth cruelly devoure.

Derived terms

gainstriving

Related terms

gainstrife

单词	gainstrive
释义	gainstrive English Etymology From gain- +‎ strive. Verb gainstrive (third-person singular simple present gainstrives, present participle gainstriving, simple past gainstrived or gainstrove, past participle gainstrived or gainstriven) (obsolete, transitive) To strive against; to resist, oppose. [16th century] (obsolete, intransitive) To resist; to fight back. [16th century] 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.7: For on the spoile of women he doth live, / Whose bodies chast, when ever in his powre / He may them catch unable to gainstrive, / He with his shamefull lust doth first deflowre, / And afterwardes themselves doth cruelly devoure. Derived terms gainstriving Related terms gainstrife
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