vied

Synonyms for vied

verb compete

1560s, shortened form of Middle English envie "make a challenge," from Old French envier, from Latin invitare (see invite).

Thus they vied with each other in little attentions to the down-hearted man.

All vied in testifying their consideration, and the Duke of St. James exceeded all.

They vied for my special favour; they could not make enough of me.

On these occasions David vied with Tammas in facetiousness at his father's expense.

And everybody in Reims vied with his neighbor in going to see them.

They vied with one another especially in the hygiene of their hospitals.

The rival factions had vied with each other in decorating it.

Prince vied with prince, and eminent burgher with burgher, in buying books.

Heckshill and Frenshaw vied with each other for a glance from the audacious Flo.

These rooms could have vied with any in London for supremacy of filthiness.