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English Dictionary: strife	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for strife
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
strife n lack of agreement or harmony Synonym(s): discord, strife bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strife \Strife\, n. [OF. estrif. See {Strive}.] 1. The act of striving; earnest endeavor. [Archaic] --Shak. 2. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. Doting about questions and strifes of words. --1 Tim. vi. 4. Thus gods contended -- noble strife - Who most should ease the wants of life. --Congreve. 3. Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle. Twenty of them fought in this black strife. --Shak. These vows, thus granted, raised a strife above Betwixt the god of war and queen of love. --Dryden. 4. That which is contended against; occasion of contest. [Obs.] [bd]Lamenting her unlucky strife.[b8] --Spenser. Syn: Contest; struggle; quarrel. See {Contention}.