outrival
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In death as in life he still remains a man of mystery, with a fortune that would outrival the wildest dreams of a fairy prince.
From Time Magazine Archive
But it's strange to see him come back so abundant, so eloquent, so cut up, as it were, into hundreds of little devils all trying to outrival each other .
From Time Magazine Archive
In Denmark and Scandinavia there has recently come to the front a remarkable school of high-light painters, based on Parisian methods, that threatens to outrival Paris itself.
From A Text-Book of the History of Painting by Van Dyke, John Charles
My cousin tells me that you are a knight of great courage and renown, but he sayeth not aught of your disposition to outrival him in heroics.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John
Their names were few,—but Agassiz was one, And Peirce, the lord of numbers, and alone: Arithmeticians many more will be, But when another to outrival thee?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various
