Outrival

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To outperform; to outdo. transitive

    "I learned the first two tenses of the verb Être, and sketched my first cottage (whose walls, by-the-by, outrivalled in slope those of the leaning tower of Pisa) on the same day."

  2. 2
    be more of a rival than wordnet

Synonyms

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exceedexceloutclassoutdooutmaneuveroutperform

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"I learned the first two tenses of the verb Être, and sketched my first cottage (whose walls, by-the-by, outrivalled in slope those of the leaning tower of Pisa) on the same day."

Etymology

From out- + rival.

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