outvie

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When Heaven its gracious manna hail'd, 'Twas vain who hoarded its supply, Not all his miser care avail'd His neighbour's portion to outvie.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

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

There Nature reigns, whose works outvie The boldest pattern art can frame; There ages past have rolled away, And forests bloomed but to decay.

From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Freneau, Philip

Not only did he love his work with all the passion of a creator, he was also concerned to outvie his professional rivals.

From Platform Monologues by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)

But nature often takes a fancy to outvie her skilful and ambitious handmaiden, and is always certain to succeed in the competition.

From The Widow's Dog by Mitford, Mary Russell