2. Verb. (third-person singular of rival) ¹
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Definition of Rivals
1. rival [v] - See also: rival
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rivals
Literary usage of Rivals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"In such a play as "The rivals" the reader is kept in a state of continual hilarious
... After the lapse of a hundred years, "The rivals" still remains, ..."
2. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Henry Edward Watts (1888)
"The book brought him much fame and a few friends ; but it stirred up against him
the malice of his rivals, especially of those who supposed themselves and ..."
3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1897)
"To seek for more in the ' rivals' and the ' School for Scandal ' is to be
disappointed. ... MALAPROP'S VIEWS From the 'rivals ' The scene is Mrs. Malaprop's ..."
4. The Age of Fable; Or, Stories of Gods and Heroes by Thomas Bulfinch (1856)
"JUNO AND HER rivals, IO AND CALLISTO—DIANA AND ACTION —LATONA AND THE RUSTICS.
JUNO one day perceived it suddenly grow dark, and immediately suspected that ..."
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