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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Struggle

Struggle (struggle)
v. i.(?)
Strug"gle
[imp. *** p. p. Struggled (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Struggling (?).] [OE. strogelen] cf. Icel. strj(?)ka to stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike, Da
  1. To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
  2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity.

    The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power to add or detract. Lincoln.

  3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress.

    'T is wisdom to beware,
    And better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.     Dryden.

    Syn. -- To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.

Struggle

Struggle (struggle)
n.(?)
Strug"gle
  1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.
  2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avert an evil.
    Macaulay.
  3. Contest; contention; strife.

    An honest might look upon the struggle with indifference. Addison.

    Syn. -- Endeavor; effort; contest; labor; difficulty.













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