Definition of Outrivalling

1. Verb. (third-person singular of outrival) ¹

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Definition of Outrivalling

1. outrival [v] - See also: outrival

Lexicographical Neighbors of Outrivalling

outriggers
outrigging
outright
outrighted
outrighting
outrightly
outrights
outrigs
outring
outringing
outrings
outrival
outrivaled
outrivaling
outrivalled
outrivalling (current term)
outrivals
outrive
outro
outroar
outroared
outroaring
outroars
outrock
outrocked
outrocking
outrocks
outrode
outroll
outrolled

Literary usage of Outrivalling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1893)
"with him a certain young Bernardo Dovizi of Bib- biena, whose wit is so rapid that I see no way of outrivalling it save by the scent of orange-blossoms. ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... for the fifty examples of Velasquez (outrivalling the Italian pictures, important as they are) make a visit to Madrid imperative to those who wish to ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"The nickel mines in the neighbourhood of Sudbury are the largest in the world, outrivalling those of New Caledonia. In the same district, and chiefly in ..."

4. The Contemporary Review (1871)
"... with a tonnage of its own outrivalling that of any other naval state. Hence let us, omitting the unimportant post of Heligoland, descend to Gibraltar, ..."

5. History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1868)
"... inconveniences of Valladolid for the sake of outrivalling the duke. This Babylonian captivity lasted until Madrid was nearly ruined, ..."

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