outrival
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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 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
Thus it came to pass that we know of the famous gardener and seedsman Florio, whose plants are of boundless celebrity, and whose cultivated blossoms outrival the famous exotics of the world.
From Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays by Hays, Helen Ashe
Hundreds of clever men have been trying for more than thirty years to outrival Bell, and yet every telephone in the world is still made on the plan that Bell discovered.
From The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert Newton
"Let us see who will be the first to try and outrival Master Spazzo," said the Duchess, once more mixing the straws.
From Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
