Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gainstrive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gain-strive
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To strive against; to resist, oppose.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To resist; to fight back.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From gain- + strive.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: gain

Usage

Inflected Forms

gainstrives (present, singular) gainstriving (participle, present) gainstrived (past) gainstrove (past) gainstrived (participle, past) gainstrove (participle, past) gainstriven (participle, past)

Derived Forms

gainstriving

Frequently Paired Words

gainstrife

Questions

What does gainstrive mean?: To strive against; to resist, oppose.
Where does gainstrive come from?: From gain- + strive.

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