outrival
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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
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
A pleasing sight to-day we see, Four churches joined in harmony, There difference was but trivial, But strove each other to outrival.
From Poems of James McIntyre by McIntyre, James
Lorenzo, in competition with his uncle, determined that the Laurel branch should outrival the Diamond.
From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington
Shortly after this era of opening commercial prosperity in the Mediterranean, the hardy Northmen performed deeds on the deep which outrival those of the great Columbus himself, and were undertaken many centuries before his day.
From Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
