rival
noun
a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
outrival
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a word derived from
rival.
Example Sentences
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In death as in life he still remains a man of mystery, with a fortune that would outrival the wildest dreams of a fairy prince.
From Time Magazine Archive
But it's strange to see him come back so abundant, so eloquent, so cut up, as it were, into hundreds of little devils all trying to outrival each other .
From Time Magazine Archive
She plotted to bring this young and extraordinary beauty to the court, that, by her personal charms, she might outrival the mental and social attractions of Madame de Maintenon.
From Louis XIV. Makers of History Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
In this sphere of research, Russian Orthodoxy can even outrival the German science.”
From Hymns from the Morningland Being Translations, Centos and Suggestions from the Service Books of the Holy Eastern Church by John Brownlie
The birds haste away to the green holly bush, The blackbird now tries to outrival the thrush; They tip the tall branches on fluttering wing, Make nearer approaches, and merrily sing.
From Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect by John Castillo
