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Gainstriving

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    A striving against; contention. uncountable

    "[…] if in peace and quietness we are so fainthearted, that with every small breath or wind of temptation we are blown away from God, and without any gainstriving are carried headlong into all kind of wickedness and mischief?"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of gainstrive form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From gainstrive + -ing.

Etymology 2

From gainstrive + -ing.

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