Gainstrive
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To strive against; to resist, oppose. obsolete, transitive
- 2 To resist; to fight back. intransitive, obsolete
"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."
Example
More examples"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.
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