intransitive. To join or unite with another as a companion, to come together or associate in pairs; †to engage (with another) in a contest.

transitive. To vie with, seek to rival.

figurative. To vie with.

transitive. To run up or make a score against; to rival.

transitive. Chiefly poetic. To compare or equate with or to. Now archaic and rare.

= corrival, v.

transitive. Of persons: To strive to equal or rival (a person, his achievements or qualities); to copy or imitate with the object of equalling or…

= emulate, v.

transitive. To rival, to be a rival to in any pursuit.

Const. with; also †against, †on, †upon.

transitive. To contend or vie with; to strive to equal or excel.

To rival (a thing). Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To contend in rivalry, vie, compete (with).

transitive. To compete with, vie with, rival. Obsolete. rare.

To contend with in a well-matched fight, to contest the field with, to be or prove oneself a match… in a figurative contest.

In phrases: to break bread: see bread, n. phrases 1a to break a lance with: to enter the lists against, enter into competition with. to break blows,…