Definition of rival

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Rival (n.) One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one striving to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a competitor; as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown..

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Rivalries :: Rivalries (pl. ) of Rivalr.
Rivaled :: Rivaled (imp. & p. p.) of Riva.
Entrance :: Entrance (n.) The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival was made the same day..
Corrival :: Corrival (a.) Having rivaling claims; emulous; in rivalry.
Signalize :: Signalize (a.) To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer..
Quadrivalve :: Quadrivalve (n.) A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds..
Emulative :: Emulative (a.) Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort..
Emulation :: Emulation (n.) Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
Match :: Match (v. t.) To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.
Corival :: Corival (v. t.) To rival; to pretend to equal.
Protest :: Protest (v.) A declaration made by the master of a vessel before a notary, consul, or other authorized officer, upon his arrival in port after a disaster, stating the particulars of it, and showing that any damage or loss sustained was not owing to the fault of the vessel, her officers or crew, but to the perils of the sea, etc., ads the case may be, and protesting against them..
Arrivance :: Arrivance (n.) Arrival.
Emulatory :: Emulatory (a.) Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry.
Paragon :: Paragon (v. t.) To compare with; to equal; to rival.
Trivalence :: Trivalence (n.) The quality or state of being trivalent.
Competitor :: Competitor (n.) One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To pass or be transferred by chance, lot, distribution, inheritance, or otherwise; as, the estate fell to his brother; the kingdom fell into the hands of his rivals..
Competitory :: Competitory (a.) Acting in competition; competing; rival.
Quadrivalve :: Quadrivalve (a.) Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp..
Overdue :: Overdue (a.) Due and more than due; delayed beyond the proper time of arrival or payment, etc.; as, an overdue vessel; an overdue note..
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