outvie

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The lapse of a few months transformed her from almost a homeless, friendless, impoverished widow, to be the bride of one whose advancing greatness seemed to outvie the wildest creations of fiction.

From Hortense Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

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 Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

And now doth shine within its humble home A star, that doth each other so outvie, That grateful nature hails its lovely birth.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

From such elements as these I am alive to behold the day, wherein the corporation of authors can outvie all its brethren in the guild.

From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan

Also sprach Tolstoy in that madman's book called What is Art? a work wherein he tried to outvie Nordau's abuse of beautiful art.

From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James