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Look up: strife

  1. strife
    [n] - bitter conflict
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Strife
    Strife noun [ Old French 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....
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/211

  3. strife
    1. The act of striving; earnest endeavor. ... 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.' (Congr...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. strife
    noun bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Strife
    • (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. • (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle. • (n.) That which is contended against; occasion of contest. • (n.) The act of striving; earnest endeavor.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. strife
    (from the article `Empedocles`) ...either comes into being or is destroyed but that things are merely transformed, depending on the ratio of basic substances, to one another. Like ... ...evidence presented to the senses. Empedocles of Acragas ( 490–430 ) declared that there are four material elements (he called them the roots of .....
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/172

  7. Strife
    (from the article `English literature`) ...and of marriage, and the issue of female emancipation. Nor was he alone in this, even if he was alone in the brilliance of his comedy. John ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/172

  8. strife
    • lack of agreement or harmony
    • bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension

    Found on

  9. Strife
    (video game) `Strife` is a first-person shooter video game developed by Rogue Entertainment and published by Velocity, based on the Doom engine (id Tech 1) from id Software. Strife added some role-playing game elements and allowed players to talk to other characters in th...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strife

  10. Strife
    (band) `Strife` is an American hardcore punk band from Thousand Oaks, California. But is now primarily based out of Los Angeles, California. They formed in 1991. (not to be confused with the NWOBHM band from the UK who were active for most of the 70`s, releasing several records, including the...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strife



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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