intransitive. To be hostile; to offer resistance, fight, struggle.

intransitive. To struggle or strive; to resist.

To struggle or contend; to strive or wrestle against something. Obsolete.

To offer obstinate resistance, struggle against.

To fight, strive, or contend; to offer opposition or resistance; to rebel; to be recalcitrant; to… intransitive. With against (also †again). Now rare.

figurative. To contend resolutely, esp. with an adversary of superior power; to offer obstinate resistance; to make violent efforts to escape…

intransitive. To contend, strive against; to withstand. Obsolete (in later use figurative from sense 1).

intransitive. figurative. Without reference to physical motion: to offer resistance or opposition to a person or thing in a stubborn or…

To twist the body in struggling or striving; to struggle with or strive against something; to contend, labour, or endeavour earnestly.

intransitive. To make resistance.

intransitive in various nonce-uses: To struggle, contend against; to struggle through difficulties; to contend in rivalry. Obsolete.