单词 | rivalship |
释义 | rivalshipn. Now rare. Rivalry, competition. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] > competitor or rival > position of rivalship1604 corrivalship1606 1604 J. Marston Malcontent ii. i. sig. C3 v Ferneze thy riuall-ship, Shall haue swift vengeance. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe i. i. sig. B2 Riuallshippe in loues, purenesse of painting, or riding out of town. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 11 That proud Madam which Pallas, for her Rivalship, transform'd into the Spider. 1700 G. Farquhar Constant Couple i. i. 6 I was beginning to mistrust some Rivalship in the Case. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxix. 161 The emulation and rivalship which had so long subsisted between these two monarchs. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke On Import Colonial Corn 198 The necessity must exist so long as rivalship continues among independent states. 1870 W. R. Greg Polit. Probl. 224 Permanence is necessary to good government, and..our system of party rivalship forbids permanence. 1919 Times 30 July 16/3 It was put forward in no spirit of rivalship in the slightest degree with the House of Commons. 1976 Danville (Va.) Reg. 4 July (Suppl.) 4/3 The rivalship between the different Towns should be kept alive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1604 |
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