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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 September 12, 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. 12 Sep. 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 12 September 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CQ6YDKP42IPH5M3.
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