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vie

[vahy]
verb (used without object), vied, vy·ing.
  1. to strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority: Swimmers from many nations were vying for the title.
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verb (used with object), vied, vy·ing.
  1. Archaic. to put forward in competition or rivalry.
  2. Obsolete. to stake in card playing.
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Origin of vie

1525–35; by aphesis < Middle French envier to raise the stake (at cards), Old French: to challenge, provoke < Latin invītāre to entertain, invite
Related formsvi·er, nounout·vie, verb (used with object), out·vied, out·vy·ing.

Synonyms for vie

1. compete, contest, struggle.
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Historical Examples of vier

  • He wanted to know why we had left the flesh-pots of the 'Vier Jahreszeiten'.

    The Riddle of the Sands

    Erskine Childers

  • It came upon me yesterday when I saw you in the window at the Vier Prison.

  • Vier pseudo-justinische Schriften als Eigentum Diodors nachgewiesen .

  • This he could do easily, for he was the tallest man in the Vier Marchi by at least three inches.

  • Be lambs in Jersey, but harry the rest of the world with a lion's tooth, was the eleventh commandment in the Vier Marchi.

British Dictionary definitions for vier

vie

verb vies, vying or vied
  1. (intr; foll by with or for) to contend for superiority or victory (with) or strive in competition (for)
  2. (tr) archaic to offer, exchange, or display in rivalry
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Derived Formsvier, nounvying, adjective, noun

Word Origin for vie

C15: probably from Old French envier to challenge, from Latin invītāre to invite
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Word Origin and History for vier

vie

v.

1560s, shortened form of Middle English envie "make a challenge," from Old French envier, from Latin invitare (see invite).

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