Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To surpass; excel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To surpass in a rivalry.
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- verb transitive To
outperform ; tooutdo .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb be more of a rival than
Etymologies
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Examples
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“I want them to outrival in splendor those for any of her predecessors.”
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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“I want them to outrival in splendor those for any of her predecessors.”
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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“I want them to outrival in splendor those for any of her predecessors.”
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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He already suspected -- from a brief but polite exchange of words with the class president -- that their language ability might outrival the simple lessons he had developed for his Bible study class.
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He already suspected—from a brief but polite exchange of words with the class president—that their language ability might outrival the simple lessons he had developed for his Bible study class.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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He already suspected—from a brief but polite exchange of words with the class president—that their language ability might outrival the simple lessons he had developed for his Bible study class.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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Affection twined with their life, which no shocks of feeling can uproot, which little quarrels only trample an instant that it may spring more freshly when the pressure is removed: affection that no passion can ultimately outrival, with which even love itself cannot do more than compete in force and truth.
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He already suspected—from a brief but polite exchange of words with the class president—that their language ability might outrival the simple lessons he had developed for his Bible study class.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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He already suspected—from a brief but polite exchange of words with the class president—that their language ability might outrival the simple lessons he had developed for his Bible study class.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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He already suspected—from a brief but polite exchange of words with the class president—that their language ability might outrival the simple lessons he had developed for his Bible study class.
Heaven Lake John Dalton 2004
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