labour vb. (the ordinary uses are freq.)
1.
to
endeavour to bring about, work for or with a view to
Ado V. i. 296,
Shr. I. i. 119
“to and effect one
thing,”
R3 I. iv. 256
“he would my
delivery.”
2.
to suffer the pains
of childbirth (only fig.) Tim. III. iv.
8, Oth. II. i. 127; also
said of what is ‘brought forth’ LLL. V. ii. 520, Troil. IV. iv.
38.
