单词 | rivalling |
释义 | rivallingrivalingn. The action of rival v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] rivality1528 strife1530 envy1541 emulation1552 contention1576 pinglinga1578 countermatch1581 paragon1590 competency1594 corrivality1598 rivalry1598 concurrence1603 contestation1603 competitiona1608 rivalling1607 concurrency1609 strift1612 corrivalry1614 rivalty1631 contest1648 corrivalty1649 coping1678 co-rivalry1835 rivalism1850 1607 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas II. Posthumus Bartas 43 Whom, with-out Force, Vproar, or Ryualing [Fr. sans corrival, sans force et sans trouble], Nature, and Law, and Fortune make a King. 1694 M. Astell Serious Proposal to Ladies 68 Here will be no Rivalling but for the love of God, no ambition but to procure his Favour. 1711 H. Dodwell Disc. conc. Use of Incense in Divine Offices 121 Being postponed in a Rivalling of Love is called Hatred in the sacred Style. 1742 F. Blyth Serm. Every Sunday I. 186 What Desperations! What Rivalings! What Frenzies and what Dangers have not been the Fruits of your wanton Industries? 1850 Times 13 Dec. 5/5 The assumption of episcopal titles which suggest a rivalling or superseding of those borne by the bishops of the Church of England. 1891 J. Kean Among Holy Places xiv. 211 The brilliant colouring of the procession..is a rivalling of the wild flowers beneath your horse's feet. 1907 J. Hill Great Eng. Poets 212 But, better than all these rivallings, he was Wordsworth himself. 1953 J. A. Williamson Tudor Age (1957) xv. 325 His country's [reward] would be the rivalling and outstripping of Spain. 2007 J. E. Graham tr. L. X. Polastron Bks. on Fire vi. 145 The fabulous books..made it the most important archive in Europe, rivaling that of the Vatican... This rivaling could not be tolerated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rivallingrivalingadj. That is a rival; competing. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [adjective] > competing rival1592 emulative1593 emulating1610 corrivinga1618 emulous1617 corrival1646 comparative1654 rivalling1668 contesting1697 rivalrous1831 co-rival1832 competing1862 1668 Feign'd Astrologer i. 12 As his absence proves to this fair one Irksom or indifferent, He may see the power of Rivalling Pretensions. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Emulative, inclined to emulation; rivalling; disposed to competition. 1887 T. Uyeki Gikiō Den i. 6 He was employed..as a sort of diplomat between the rivaling parties. 1979 Asian Surv. 19 1050 China does not wish to see the development of a rivaling power center on its southern border. 1998 L. Forbes Bombay Ice (1999) 157 A clash between rivalling shopkeepers left three dead and six gravely injured. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607adj.1668 |
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