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outvie, v.|aʊtˈvaɪ|
[out- 18 b.]
trans. To outdo or excel in a competition, rivalry, or emulation; to vie with and excel.
1594O. B. Quest. Profit. Concern. 2 b, Who set enuious patterns to outvie and vndoe one the other. 1640Habington Edw. IV 156 Twelve persons..out-vying each other in the curiosity and riches of their apparell. 1718Freethinker No. 3 ⁋4 [It] made the Emerald out-vie the Verdure of the Field. 1887A. Forbes Insulinde 28 Attitudes outvying the achievements of a danseuse.
Hence outˈvying vbl. n. and ppl. a.; outvier |aʊtˈvaɪə(r)|, one who or that which outvies.
1652J. Wright tr. Camus' Nat. Paradox x. 243 My Friendship can admit of no out-vier. 1757Jos. Harris Coins 9 Men,..in their outvying, will undersell one another. 1854J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) I. xvi. 280 These gorgeous saloons..were now adorned with outvying splendor. |