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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Intercept :: Intercept (v. t.) To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a telegram will intercept him at Paris..
Time-table :: Time-table (n.) A tabular statement of the time at which, or within which, several things are to take place, as the recitations in a school, the departure and arrival of railroad trains or other public conveyances, the rise and fall of the tides, etc..
Supplant :: Supplant (n.) To remove or displace by stratagem; to displace and take the place of; to supersede; as, a rival supplants another in the favor of a mistress or a prince..
Contestation :: Contestation (n.) The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.
Match :: Match (v. t.) To be a mate or match for; to be able to complete with; to rival successfully; to equal.
Emulatory :: Emulatory (a.) Pertaining to emulation; connected with rivalry.
Rivality :: Rivality (n.) Rivalry; competition.
Arrive :: Arrive (n.) Arrival.
Rival :: 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..
Sandarac :: Sandarac (n.) A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral..
Arrivance :: Arrivance (n.) Arrival.
Quadrivalence :: Quadrivalence (n.) The quality or state of being quadrivalent; tetravalence.
Chappion :: Chappion (n.) One who by defeating all rivals, has obtained an acknowledged supremacy in any branch of athetics or game of skill, and is ready to contend with any rival; as, the champion of England..
Corivalship :: Corivalship (n.) Joint rivalry.
Rivalry :: Rivalry (n.) The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition..
Quadrivalve :: Quadrivalve (a.) Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp..
Rivalled :: Rivalled () of Riva.
Rivaling :: Rivaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Riva.
Thyine Wood :: Thyine wood () The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree (Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The tree is of the Cedar family, and furnishes a balsamic resin called sandarach..
Emulation :: Emulation (n.) The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.
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