STRIVE Copy link • STRIVETo endeavor, niti or anniti ad aliquid: petere or appetere aliquid: expetere aliquid: affectare aliquid: aspirare ad aliquid: imminere in aliquid (☞ not ad aliquid) or alicui rei: sequi or persequi, sectari or consectari aliquid: studere alicui rei. To strive that, niti, eniti or id contendere, ut; operam dare, ut; studere, with an infinitive, or, more rarely, ut; omnibus nervis contendere, ut. To contend, Vid.