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outvie
verb as in emulate
verb as in transcend
Example Sentences
"Living, great Nature feared he might outvie Her works, and, dying, fears herself to die."
In sight is San Juan Island, over which England and America once squabbled, while the two garrisons which occupied it fraternised cordially, and outvied with each other in hospitality.
Her cheeks were vermilioned with nature's best rouge, and outvied all the labored works of art.
At such times several individuals are usually seen together, and all seem striving to outvie each other in the beauty of their evolutions.
In fact, it is the one accomplishment in which they as far surpass the women of all other countries in the world as they outvie them in personal beauty.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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