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strife

n. சச்சரவு, சண்டை, பூசல், வாதம், சொற்போர், பிணக்கு நிலை, மனப்போராட்ட நிலை, மோதல் நிலை, உள்வேறுபாடு, முரண்பாட்டு நிலை.


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Strife, n. Etym: [OF. estrif. See Strive.] 1. The act of striving; earnest endeavor. [Archaic] Shak. 2. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. Doting about questions and strifes of words. 1 Tim. vi. 4. Thus gods contended -- noble strife -Who most should ease the wants of life. Congreve. 3. Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle. Twenty of them fought in this black strife. Shak. These vows, thus granted, raised a strife above Betwixt the god of war and queen of love. Dryden. 4. That which is contended against; occasion of contest. [Obs.] "Lamenting her unlucky strife." Spenser. Syn. -- Contest; struggle; quarrel. See Contention.


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