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Vie

//vaɪ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A district of Oradea, Bihor County, Romania.
  2. 2
    A river in Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France.
  3. 3
    A river in Normandy, France, flowing through Orne department and Calvados department.
Noun
  1. 1
    A contest. obsolete
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of variable interest entity. abbreviation, alt-of
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of vacuum insulated evaporator. abbreviation, alt-of
Verb
  1. 1
    To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something. intransitive

    "Near-synonym: oppose"

  2. 2
    compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others wordnet
  3. 3
    To rival (something), etc. archaic, transitive

    "But, if there be, or ever were, one such, / It's past the size of dreaming: nature wants stuff / To vie strange forms with fancy; yet, to imagine / An Antony, were nature's piece 'gainst fancy, / Condemning shadows quite."

  4. 4
    To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy. transitive

    "She hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss / She vied so fast."

  5. 5
    To stake; to wager.

    "Out, thou camelion harlot! now thine eyes Vie tears with the hyæna"

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  1. 6
    To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Apheretic form of envy.

Etymology 2

Apheretic form of envy.

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