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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

strenuus

; cf. Gr. [GREEK] strong, hard, rough, harsh.]

Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; earnest; bold; valiant; intrepid;

as, a

strenuous

advocate for national rights; a

strenuous

reformer; a

strenuous

defender of his country

And spirit-stirring wine, that

strenuous

makes.

Chapman.

Strenuous

, continuous labor is pain.

I. Taylor.

–

Stren′u-ous-ly

adv.

–

Stren′u-ous-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[L.]

Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; as a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous opposer of African slavery.

Bold and active; valiant, intrepid and ardent; as a strenuous defender of his country.