outvie

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I mean this feast," said she, "as a reward of industry and piety, and not as a trial of skill who can be finest and outvie the rest in show.

From The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales by More, Hannah

Thus he attained wealth which made him the richest subject in Europe, and which enabled him almost to outvie the splendors of royalty.

From Louis Philippe Makers of History Series by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

It seemed, indeed, that the Danish and Swedish knights, at this joyful festivity, only sought to outvie each other in gentle bearing and knightly courtesies.

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

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

No product of the present can outvie the charms of such old silver.

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.