STRIFE
Strife, n. Etym: [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.] "Lamenting her unlucky strife." Spenser.
Syn.
— Contest; struggle; quarrel. See Contention.
STRIFEFUL
Strife"ful, a.
Defn: Contentious; discordant.
The ape was strifeful and ambitious. Spenser.
STRIGATE
Stri"gate, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having transverse bands of color.