Click to Subscribe
Strove
From the Robert E. Howard Lexicon
© 2017 James LaFond
MAY/26/17
"Gordon strove over to a cooking pot, squatted beside it and began to eat ravenously."
-The Daughter of Erlik Khan
strove1.
[strōv]
DEFINITION
past of strive
strive2.
[strīv]
VERB
strove (past tense)
to make great efforts
to struggle or fight vigorously:
synonyms: try (hard) · attempt · endeavor · aim · venture ·
make an effort · exert oneself · do one's best · do all one can · do one's utmost · labor · work · go all out · give it one's best shot · pull out all the stops · essay · struggle · fight · battle · combat · campaign · crusade
ORIGIN
Middle English: shortening of Old French estriver; related to estrif ‘strife.’
A Well of Heroes: Two:
Literary Impressions of the Prose and Verse of Robert E. Howard
 
‘Fake-Stream News &‘Inverted Morality’
Blog
‘Breathed into Tortured Stone Such Foul Life’
eBook
triumph
eBook
when you're food
eBook
on the overton railroad
eBook
the sunset saga complete
eBook
uncle satan
eBook
orphan nation
eBook
plantation america
eBook
winter of a fighting life
  Add a new comment below:
Name
Email
Message