||Stri*so"res (?), n. pl. [NL.; cf. L. stridere to creak, whiz, buzz.]
||(Zoöl.) A division of passerine birds including the humming birds,
||swifts, and goatsuckers. It is now generally considered an artificial
||group.
Strive (?), v. i. [imp. Strove (?); p. p. Striven (?) (Rarely, Strove);
p. pr. & vb. n. Striving.] [OF. estriver; of Teutonic origin, and akin
to G. streben, D. streven, Dan. stræbe, Sw. sträfva. Cf. Strife.] 1. To
make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor
hard.
Was for this his ambition strove To equal Cæsar first, and after,
Jove?
Cowley.
2. 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.
Chaucer.
My Spirit shall not always strive with man.
Gen. vi. 3.
Why dost thou strive against him?
Job xxxiii. 13.
Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and
eloquence with fate.
Denham.