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Definition of Outrivals
1. outrival [v] - See also: outrival
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outrivals
Literary usage of Outrivals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Discovery and Conquests of the North-west, with the History of Chicago by Rufus Blanchard (1881)
"... with goods for sale, but the energy and thrift of private enterprise always
outrivals any project undertaken by the unwieldly machinery of government. ..."
2. Effective Industrial Reform by David Collins Reid (1910)
"The extravagance of these wealthy classes outrivals that of the king and ...
It outrivals the wasteful expenditures of the aristocracy of ancient Rome which ..."
3. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"No one who witnessed the phenomenon yesterday will live to see if again —unless,
indeed, he fairly outrivals old Parr and other gentlemen fa ned for ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1896)
"The dark blue Tui, with those white throat feathers that procure him the name of
the Parson bird, will sing with a note that outrivals any blackbird. ..."
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