outvie

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On the other hand, to the student of manners, novels have a value no historian can outvie, and on this account alone Miss Edgeworth's should not be left unread.

From Maria Edgeworth by Zimmern, Helen

At such times several individuals are usually seen together, and all seem striving to outvie each other in the beauty of their evolutions.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)

Try to outvie and outdo and even affront that dove-like simplicity he used to adore in you, and into which you are still apt to relapse.

From A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

"Living, great Nature feared he might outvie Her works, and, dying, fears herself to die."

From Famous European Artists by Bolton, Sarah K.

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