outvie

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Living, great nature fear’d he might outvie Her works; and dying, fears herself may die.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

But nature often takes a fancy to outvie her skilful and ambitious handmaiden, and is always certain to succeed in the competition.

From The Widow's Dog by Mitford, Mary Russell

Their study was to outvie each other in the grossness, and insincerity of their flattery.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander

Dancing, the dissonant corybantes of the Dionysian evangel flitted by, scarce touching earth in their efforts to outvie the Bacchantes.

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James

Around me a number of whip-poor-wills strove to outvie each other in uninterruptedly uttering their name, and frequently circled round my fire.

From The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier by Various