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verb. do something

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verb. try, attempt

verb. do repeatedly, especially to improve

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verb. make use of

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Word Origin & History

labor c.1300, "exertion of the body," from O.Fr. labour (Fr. labeur), from L. laborem (nom. labor) "toil, pain, exertion, fatigue, work," perhaps originally "tottering under a burden," related to labere "to totter." The verb is c.1300, from M.Fr. labourer, from L. laborare, from labor. The verb in modern Fr., Sp., Port. means "to plow;" the wider sense being taken by the equivalent of Eng. travail. Meaning "body of laborers considered as a class" (usually contrasted to capitalists) is from 1839. Sense of "physical exertions of childbirth" is 1595, from Fr. en travail "in (childbirth) suffering" ...(see travail). Labor Day first marked 1882 in New York City.

Example Sentences for labored

But on the first two and greatest articles of his creed, how Jasper labored!

On her thwarts two figures, dipping and rising, labored with the sweeps.

He and Tom labored like Trojans to take off the wheel, and put on the other.

These damned New Yorkers had no idea of the pressure under which he labored.