vie
verbnounattested in dialogue
- //vaɪ//
To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
verb
- 1
To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
Near-synonym: oppose
Her suitors were all vying for her attention.
It is the tradition of a trading nation[…], that the younger sons[…] may be placed in such a way of life as […] to vie with the best of their family.
The Major Stations category is keenly contested, with 24 other large city centre termini and major rail hub stations all vying for recognition. As ever, the NRA's expert panel of judges visited each as unannounced mystery shoppers.
- 2
archaicTo rival (something), etc.
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.
- 3
To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
She hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss / She vied so fast.
Nor was he set over us to vie wisdom with his Parliament, but to be guided by them.
And vying malice with my gentleness, / Pick quarrels with their only happiness.
- 4
To stake; to wager.
Out, thou camelion harlot! now thine eyes Vie tears with the hyæna
Nature wants stuff To vie strange forms with fancy
- 5
To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.
Etymology
Apheretic form of envy, from Middle English envien, from Old French envier, from Latin invītō.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA contest.
Forms
- plural
- vies
- past tense
- vied
- past participle
- vied
- present participle
- vying, vieing
- third person singular
- vies
vie · To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
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