Available Definitions:
1) v. i. - To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
2) v. i. - To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth.
3) v. i. - To vie; to compete; to be a rival.
4) n. - An effort; a striving.
5) n. - Strife; contention.