outvie

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The songs which I held so high before, sounded toneless and weak, unworthy the feeblest learner; and yet, befooled by a vain presumption, I burned to outvie you all.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm

The garden was a little paradise, in which nature and art seemed to outvie each other in offering attractions to eye, ear, and taste.

From The Spanish Cavalier A Story of Seville by A. L. O. E.

Their study was to outvie each other in the grossness, and insincerity of their flattery.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander

Around me a number of whip-poor-wills strove to outvie each other in uninterruptedly uttering their name, and frequently circled round my fire.

From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various

I mean this feast," said she, "as a reward of industry and piety, and not as a trial of skill who can be finest and outvie the rest in show.

From The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales by More, Hannah