outrival

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In death as in life he still remains a man of mystery, with a fortune that would outrival the wildest dreams of a fairy prince.

From Time Magazine Archive

But it's strange to see him come back so abundant, so eloquent, so cut up, as it were, into hundreds of little devils all trying to outrival each other .

From Time Magazine Archive

See how they quite outrival, Plain barnyard Spuytenduyvil, By peacock Riverdale, Which thinks all else it conquers, And over homespun Yonkers Spreads out its flaunting tail!

From Humorous Masterpieces from American Literature by Various

Continue along the lines you are now pursuing, and I feel assured your magazine will outrival all others in circulation, as it already does in literature.

From Astounding Stories, March, 1931 by Various

Thus it came to pass that we know of the famous gardener and seedsman Florio, whose plants are of boundless celebrity, and whose cultivated blossoms outrival the famous exotics of the world.

From Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays by Hays, Helen Ashe