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American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2
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Struggle
STRUGGLE, v.i. [This word may be formed on the root of stretch, right, c. which signifies to strain; or more directly on the same elements in L., to wrinkle.]
1. Properly, to strive, or to make efforts with a twisting or with contortions of the body. Hence,
2. To use great efforts; to labor hard; to strive; to contend; as, to struggle to save life; to struggle with the waves; to struggle against the stream; to struggle with adversity.
3. To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind of difficulty or distress.
Tis wisdom to beware, and better shun the bait than struggle in the snare.
STRUGGLE, n.
1. Great labor; forcible effort to obtain an object, or to avoid an evil; properly, a violent effort with contortions of the body.
2. Contest; contention; strife.
An honest man might look upon the struggle with indifference.
3. Agony; contortions of extreme distress.
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Chicago:
Noah Webster Jr., "Struggle," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 2, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CQ6YDKP42IPH5M3.
MLA:
Webster, Noah, Jr. "Struggle." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 2 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CQ6YDKP42IPH5M3.
Harvard:
Webster, N, 'Struggle' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 2, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 2 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CQ6YDKP42IPH5M3.
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