Striveth vs Shriveth - What's the difference?
striveth | shriveth |
(strive)
To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
* Denham
To vie; to compete as a rival.
* Milton
(archaic) (shrive)
(transitive, and, intransitive) To hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.)
* Shakespeare
* Longfellow
To prescribe penance or absolution.
(intransitive, or, reflexive) To confess, and receive absolution.
As verbs the difference between striveth and shriveth
is that striveth is (strive) while shriveth is (archaic) (shrive).striveth
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Verb
(head)strive
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Verb
- He strove to excel.
- to strive against fate
- to strive for the truth
- Now private pity strove with public hate, / Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate.
- [Not] that sweet grove / Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired / Castalian spring, might with this paradise / Of Eden strive .
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See * The strong or irregular forms "strove" and "striven" are more commonly used in print than "strived".External links
* *shriveth
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Verb
(head)shrive
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Alternative forms
* shrieve (obsolete)Verb
- Doubtless he shrives this woman, / Else ne'er could he so long protract his speech.
- Till my guilty soul be shriven .
- "Twas a good thought, boy, to come here and'' ''shrive ", - The Croppy Boy, trad Irish song.