outrival

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The railway had come and was outrivaling the canal.

From The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor by Skelton, Oscar Douglas

Niccolo Piccini, who was not less than fifty years of age when he left Naples for the purpose of outrivaling Gluck, was born at Bari, in the kingdom of Naples, in 1728.

From Great Italian and French Composers by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)

Mr. Purdy once saw, upon a single great mountain-side, ten thousand of these wonderful plants, upbearing their beautiful, pure lilies—a sight outrivaling the poet's vision of the golden daffodils.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

It seems that in richness of dress Philadelphia led the colonial world, even outrivaling the expenditure of the wealthy Virginia planters for this item.

From Woman's Life in Colonial Days by Holliday, Carl

He saw His royal court outrivaling that of Solomon, and becoming the center of the world.

From Mystic Christianity by Atkinson, William Walker