Meaning

2 senses

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To strive against; to resist, oppose.

  2. (intransitive, obsolete)To resist; to fight back.

Origin

From gain- + strive.

From gain- + strive.

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Forms

gainstrives, gainstriving, gainstrived, gainstrived
Base formgainstrive · to gainstrive
3rd person singulargainstrives
Present participlegainstriving
Past simplegainstrived / gainstrove
Past participlegainstrived / gainstrove / gainstriven

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygainstrive
he, she, itgainstrives

Past simpleLesson

all personsgainstrived

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave gainstrived
he, she, ithas gainstrived

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill gainstrive

Word family

2 related words
Relatedgainstrife
Derivedgainstriving

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gainB1gaitgalgala
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