gainstrive
English
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
gainstrive
Where it comes from
From gain- + strive.
verb gainstrives · gainstriving · gainstrived · gainstrove
- To strive against; to resist, oppose.
- To resist; to fight back. For on the spoile of women he doth live, / Whose bodies chast, when ever in his powre / He may them catch unable to gainstrive, / He with his shamefull lust doth first deflowre, / And afterwardes themselves doth cruelly devoure.
Talk about this word "gainstrive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gainstrive. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gainstrive. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gainstrive "gainstrive." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gainstrive.
Cite this
MLA
APA
Chicago
BibTeX
@misc{gainstrive_2026,
title = {gainstrive},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gainstrive},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
