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Webster 1913 Edition
Strenuous
Stren′u-ous
,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 countryAnd spirit-stirring wine, that
strenuous
makes. Chapman.
Strenuous
, continuous labor is pain. I. Taylor.
Stren′u-ous-ly
, adv.
Stren′u-ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Strenuous
STRENUOUS
,Adj.
1.
Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; as a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous opposer of African slavery.2.
Bold and active; valiant, intrepid and ardent; as a strenuous defender of his country.Definition 2024
strenuous
strenuous
English
Adjective
strenuous (comparative more strenuous, superlative most strenuous)
- Urgent, ardent, zealous.
- Requiring great exertion.
- 1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467.
- We can achieve this god‐likeness only by unremitting and strenuous effort of the intellect.
- 1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467.
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urgent