corrival
/kəˈɹaɪvəl/
corrival noun: a fellow rival; a competitor; a rival.
Noun
corrival (plural corrivals)
- A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival.
- So he that doth redeem her thence might wear
Without corrival all her dignities:
But out upon this half-facd fellowship!1598, Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1 - Petronius calleth this paſſion [i.e., jealousy] amantium furioſam æmulationem, a furious emulation, and their ſymptomes are well expreſſed by Sʳ Ieffrey Chaucer in his firſt Canterbury tale. It will make the neareſt & deareſt friends fall out; they will endure al other things to be common, goods...1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Iealousie, His Equivocations, Name, Definition, Extent, Seuerall Kindes, of Princes, Parents, Friends. In Beasts, Men, before Marriage, as...
- So he that doth redeem her thence might wear
- A companion.
- The Prince of Wales, Lord John of Lancaster,
The noble Westmoreland, and warlike Blunt;
And many more corrivals and dear men
Of estimation and command in arms.1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1
- The Prince of Wales, Lord John of Lancaster,
Adjective
corrival (not comparable)
- Having rivaling claims; emulous; in rivalry.
- Not thinking, perhaps, that this would be, to erect a Power equal, and corrival with that of God Almighty […]1701, Bishop William Fleetwood, An Essay Upon Miracles
Verb
corrival (third-person singular simple present corrivals, present participle (US) corrivaling or (UK) corrivalling, simple past and past participle (US) corrivaled or (UK) corrivalled)
- To compete with; to rival
Forms of corrival
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | corrivals |
| alternative form | corival |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | corrivals |
| present participle US | corrivaling |
| present participle UK | corrivalling |
| past participle US | corrivaled |
| past US | corrivaled |
| past participle UK | corrivalled |
| past UK | corrivalled |
Origin of corrival
From Middle French corrival, from Latin corrīvālis.
Words formed from corrival
Words that rhyme with corrival
- revival
- arrival
- survival
- rival
- adjectival
- buccogingival
- estival
- gingival
- infinitival
- nival
- ogival
- subnival
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- substantival
- ablatival
- accusatival
- aestival
- arch-rival
- archrival
- conjunctival
- corival
- corneoconjunctival
- datival
- deprival
- derival
- diminutival
- distogingival
- genitival
- gerundival
- imperatival
- intraconjunctival
- keratoconjunctival
- myoconjunctival
- negatival
- non-arrival
- nonarrival
- nonconjunctival
- nonrival
- outrival
- passival
- perspectival
- pharyngoconjunctival
- possessival
- predicatival
- relatival
- scleroconjunctival
- subconjunctival
- subgingival
- thyroprival
- transconjunctival
- unarrival
Questions about corrival
- What does corrival mean?
- Corrival means a fellow rival; a competitor; a rival.
- What part of speech is corrival?
- Corrival can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce corrival?
- Corrival is pronounced /kəˈɹaɪvəl/.
- What is the plural of corrival?
- The plural of corrival is corrivals.
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