outvie
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In this way, all the world may be an aristocrat, and play the duke among marquises, and the reigning monarch among dukes, if he will only outvie them in tranquility.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) by Andrew Lang
It seemed, indeed, that the Danish and Swedish knights, at this joyful festivity, only sought to outvie each other in gentle bearing and knightly courtesies.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
There is a gladness in her eye, And in the wind her dancing tread Appears in swiftness to outvie The scurrying cloudlets overhead; In brief, her moods and graces are Appropriate to the calendar.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914 by Various
But when one is given it seems to be the general’s purpose to outvie all that rumor hath spoken of the Mischianza.
From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison
From such elements as these I am alive to behold the day, wherein the corporation of authors can outvie all its brethren in the guild.
From History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange
