vie
verb (used without object)
to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority.
outvie
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a word derived from
vie.
Example Sentences
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When Heaven its gracious manna hail'd, 'Twas vain who hoarded its supply, Not all his miser care avail'd His neighbour's portion to outvie.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
Her main endeavor in this is to outvie her neighbors in the extravagance of fashion.
From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Lucia Gilbert Calhoun
In fact, he caused the manufacture of a garment to be commenced which he intended should outvie in magnificence and in costly adornments all that had ever before been fabricated.
From Pyrrhus Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
The average wool-sorter will outvie an artist in his perception of colour shades.
From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial
The immense fortune of the duke, his refined taste, and the grandeur of the saloons of his ancestral palace, enabled him almost to outvie royalty itself in the brilliance of the fête.
From Louis Philippe Makers of History Series by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
