vying

Verb

vie (third-person singular simple present vies, present participle vying or (rare) vieing, simple past and past participle vied)

1. (intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
   • Near-synonym: oppose

   Synonyms:

   compete, battle, contest, oppose

   Antonyms:

   concede, give in, give up, reconcile

2. (archaic, transitive) To 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.c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
3. (transitive) 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.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
4. To stake; to wager.
   • Out, thou camelion harlot! now thine eyes Vie tears with the hyæna1605 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Ben: Ionson His Volpone or The Foxe, [London]: […] [George Eld] for Thomas Thorppe, published 1607, →OCLC, (please specify the Internet Archive page)
5. To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.

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