Rivalled

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rival \Ri"val\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rivaled}or {Rivalled}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Rivaling} or {Rivalling}.]
     1. To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some
        object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
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     2. To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.
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              To rival thunder in its rapid course. --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rival
       n : the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his
           rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was
           doing" [syn: {challenger}, {competitor}, {competition}, {contender}]
       v 1: be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton
            for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch
            that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition
            only matches that of her parents" [syn: {equal}, {touch},
             {match}]
       2: be the rival of, be in competition with; "we are rivaling
          for first place in the race"
       [also: {rivalling}, {rivalled}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rivalled
       See {rival}