Strug"gle (?), n.
1. A violent effort or efforts with contortions of the body; agony; distress.
2. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to
avert an evil. Macaulay.
3.
Contest; contention; strife.
An honest might look upon the struggle with indifference.
Addison.
Syn. -- Endeavor;
effort; contest; labor; difficulty.
Strug"gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Struggled (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Struggling (?).]
[OE. strogelen; cf. Icel.
strj&?;ka to stroke, to beat, to flog, Sw. stryka to stroke, to strike, Dan. stryge, G. straucheln to stumble. Cf. Stroll.]
1. To strive, or to
make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
2. To use great
efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend forcibly; as, to struggle to save one's life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle with adversity.
The brave men, living and dead, who
struggled here, have
consecrated it [Gettysburg] far above our power to add
or detract.
Lincoln. 3. To labor in pain
or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any
kind of difficulty or distress.
'T is wisdom to beware,
And better shun the bait
than struggle in the snare.
Dryden. Syn. -- To strive; contend; labor; endeavor.
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