CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GAINSTRIVE
PRESENT
Present
I gainstrive
you gainstrive
he/she/it gainstrives
we gainstrive
you gainstrive
they gainstrive
Present continuous
I am gainstriving
you are gainstriving
he/she/it is gainstriving
we are gainstriving
you are gainstriving
they are gainstriving
Present perfect
I have gainstrived
you have gainstrived
he/she/it has gainstrived
we have gainstrived
you have gainstrived
they have gainstrived
Present perfect continuous
I have been gainstriving
you have been gainstriving
he/she/it has been gainstriving
we have been gainstriving
you have been gainstriving
they have been gainstriving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I gainstrived
you gainstrived
he/she/it gainstrived
we gainstrived
you gainstrived
they gainstrived
Past continuous
I was gainstriving
you were gainstriving
he/she/it was gainstriving
we were gainstriving
you were gainstriving
they were gainstriving
Past perfect
I had gainstrived
you had gainstrived
he/she/it had gainstrived
we had gainstrived
you had gainstrived
they had gainstrived
Past perfect continuous
I had been gainstriving
you had been gainstriving
he/she/it had been gainstriving
we had been gainstriving
you had been gainstriving
they had been gainstriving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will gainstrive
you will gainstrive
he/she/it will gainstrive
we will gainstrive
you will gainstrive
they will gainstrive
Future continuous
I will be gainstriving
you will be gainstriving
he/she/it will be gainstriving
we will be gainstriving
you will be gainstriving
they will be gainstriving
Future perfect
I will have gainstrived
you will have gainstrived
he/she/it will have gainstrived
we will have gainstrived
you will have gainstrived
they will have gainstrived
Future perfect continuous
I will have been gainstriving
you will have been gainstriving
he/she/it will have been gainstriving
we will have been gainstriving
you will have been gainstriving
they will have been gainstriving
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would gainstrive
you would gainstrive
he/she/it would gainstrive
we would gainstrive
you would gainstrive
they would gainstrive
Conditional continuous
I would be gainstriving
you would be gainstriving
he/she/it would be gainstriving
we would be gainstriving
you would be gainstriving
they would be gainstriving
Conditional perfect
I would have gainstrive
you would have gainstrive
he/she/it would have gainstrive
we would have gainstrive
you would have gainstrive
they would have gainstrive
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been gainstriving
you would have been gainstriving
he/she/it would have been gainstriving
we would have been gainstriving
you would have been gainstriving
they would have been gainstriving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you gainstrive
we let´s gainstrive
you gainstrive
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
gainstrived
Present Participle
gainstriving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAINSTRIVE»
Discover the use of
gainstrive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
gainstrive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
To GAINSTRIVE, v. a. GAIT. Manner of going. any indulgence given. This suits
both the context and the analogy of composition. It has only been noticed in this
assage : You'll fin him gainful, but be sure you curb him, And get him fairly, if you
...
Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright, 1867
Barnugh's Method ofPhysick, ed. 1621. To GAINSTRIVE, v. a. To strive against.
Similarly formed. In his strong arms he stifly him embraste, Who, him gainstriving,
nought at all prevail'd, For all his pow'r was utterly defaste. Spens. F. Q., II, iv, 14.
ROBERT NARES, A.M., F.R.S., F.A.S.,, 1859
3
A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and ...
Sidney. Mr. Todd quotes also Knight's Tr. of Truth for it. To GAINSTRIVE, v. a. To
strive against. Similarly formed. In his strong arms he stifly him embraste, Who,
him guinstriving, nought at all prevaiPd, For all his pow'r was utterly defaste.
Spent.
4
A glossary; or, Collection of words ... which have been ...
To Gainstrive, v. a. To strive against. Similarly formed. In his strong arms be stifly
him embraste, Who, him gainstriving, nought at all prevail'd, For all his pow'r was
utterly defaste. Spent. F. Q. II. iv. 14. The fates gainstrive us not. Grimould, cited ...
5
The English dialect dictionary
Lan.l GAINSTAND, v. n.Yks.“ GAINSTRIVE, 11. n.Yks.“ To oppose. Yan caan't
gainstrive owt 0' that soart. GAITERS, sb. pl. Yks. Cattle taken in to graze. Cf. gate
, 512.212. n.Yks. \Vanted. Gaiters for Fog land, lV/n'lby Gazelle (Aug. to, 1901*. w.
6
A Dictionary in English and Bengalee; Translated from Todd's ...
প্নতিবাদ 'কৃ, প্নতিবন্ধ-কৃ I To Gainstrive, v. n. পৃ*ন্ডিবার্দা-স্থ, বিপরীত-হ,
অবৰুরার্ধা-হৃ ম দ্রাহেম-হ. 1111-1, প্ন.তিবন্ধক-হ্ | “ Gairish a. Garish শব্দ দেখ | Gait,
n. s. Dutch. ঢালি, চলন, গতিক, রীতি, বত্ম'র্টু ধারা, চলি 111 হাঁটিবার বা গতির রীতি
11 হড়ীল ...
7
English: past and present, 5 lectures
Thus 'gainsay/ that is, again say, survives; but 'gainstrive' (Foxe), that is, resist, '
gainstand/ ' gaincope' (Golding), and other similarly formed words exist no longer
. It is the same with ' foolhardy/ which is but one, though now indeed the only one
...
Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.), 1859
8
The North American Review
... the Greek Now compare the words, withhold, widerhalten, retain, ge-
genhalten, contain, (in the sense of restrain) and dvixei* : gainsay, Gegenspruch,
contradict, redire, widersagen, ava^Oiyyouai : withstand, widerstehen, resist,
gainstrive, ...
9
A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete ...
GAINSTRIVE. To strive against. Spenser. GAIRN. Yarn. Yorkth. GAIT. A path, way
, or street; pasturage for cattle during summer in a common field ; a single sheaf
of corn ; two buckets of water. North. To gait corn, to set up sheaves of corn in wet
...
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, 1847
10
Book of the Poets: Chaucer to Beattie
Brutus' and Cassius' souls, live you in bliss? In case yet all the Fates gainstrive us
not Neither shall we, perchance, die unrevenged. Now have I lived, O Rome,
enough for me : My passed life nought sufl'ereth me to doubt N oisome oblivion ...
