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Definition of Restriving
1. restrive [v] - See also: restrive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Restriving
Literary usage of Restriving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Guardian by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1804)
"But when amity was dead, confidence could not live; and who should quit first
was the question; which on neither part either would perform, and restriving ..."
2. The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1810)
"... which on neither part either would perform, and restriving again afresh, with
a kick and a wrench together, I freed my long captivated weapon. ..."
3. The British Essayists: With Prefaces Biographical, Historical and Critical by Lionel Thomas Berguer (1823)
"But when amity was dead, confidence could not live; and who should quit first
was the question; which on neither part either would perform, and restriving ..."
4. The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical by James Ferguson (1819)
"But when amity was dead, confidence could not live ; and who should quit first
was the question ; which on neither part either would perform, and restriving ..."
5. Domestic Annals of Scotland: From the Reformation to the Revolution by Robert Chambers (1874)
"... and who should quit first, was the question; which on neither part either
would perform, and restriving again afresh, with a kick and a wrench together, ..."
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