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vying
(mass) | vying
- súperiaci, rivalita, súperenie |
vying
(encz) | vying,rivalita n: Zdeněk Brož |
vying
(encz) | vying,soupeření n: Zdeněk Brož |
vying
(encz) | vying,soupeřící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Vying
(gcide) | Vie \Vie\ (v[imac]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vied (v[imac]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Vying (v[imac]"[i^]ng).] [OE. vien, shortened
fr. envien, OF. envier to invite, to challenge, a word used
in gambling, L. invitare to invite; of uncertain origin. Cf.
Invite, Envie.]
1. To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of
gleek. See Revie. [Obs.]
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2. To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous
effort, as in a race, contest, or competition.
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In a trading nation, the younger sons may be placed
in such a way of life as . . . to vie with the best
of their family. --Addison.
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While Waterloo with Cannae's carnage vies. --Byron.
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Vying
(gcide) | Vying \Vy"ing\,
a. & n. from Vie. -- Vy"ing*ly, adv.
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vying
(mass) | vying
- súperiaci, rivalita, súperenie |
envyingly
(encz) | envyingly, |
vying
(encz) | vying,rivalita n: Zdeněk Brožvying,soupeření n: Zdeněk Brožvying,soupeřící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Chivying
(gcide) | Chivy \Chiv"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chivied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Chivying.] [Cf. Chevy.]
To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch; to repeatedly cause
annoyance or concern to. [Slang, Eng.] [Also spelled
chivvy, chevy, and chevvy.] --Dickens.
Syn: harass, hassle, harry, beset, plague, molest, provoke.
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Envying
(gcide) | Envy \En"vy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Envied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Envying.] [F. envier.]
1. To feel envy at or towards; to be envious of; to have a
feeling of uneasiness or mortification in regard to (any
one), arising from the sight of another's excellence or
good fortune and a longing to possess it.
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A woman does not envy a man for his fighting
courage, nor a man a woman for her beauty.
--Collier.
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Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.
--Rambler.
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2. To feel envy on account of; to have a feeling of grief or
repining, with a longing to possess (some excellence or
good fortune of another, or an equal good fortune, etc.);
to look with grudging upon; to begrudge.
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I have seen thee fight,
When I have envied thy behavior. --Shak.
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Jeffrey . . . had actually envied his friends their
cool mountain breezes. --Froude.
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3. To long after; to desire strongly; to covet.
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Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share. --T.
Gray.
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4. To do harm to; to injure; to disparage. [Obs.]
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If I make a lie
To gain your love and envy my best mistress,
Put me against a wall. --J. Fletcher.
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5. To hate. [Obs.] --Marlowe.
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6. To emulate. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Levying
(gcide) | Levy \Lev"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Levied (l[e^]v"[i^]d); p.
pr. & vb. n. Levying.]
1. To raise, as a siege. [Obs.] --Holland.
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2. To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army
by enrollment, conscription, etc.
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Augustine . . . inflamed Ethelbert, king of Kent, to
levy his power, and to war against them. --Fuller.
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3. To raise or collect by assessment; to exact by authority;
as, to levy taxes, toll, tribute, or contributions.
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If they do this . . . my ransom, then,
Will soon be levied. --Shak.
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4. (Law)
(a) To gather or exact; as, to levy money.
(b) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to
raise or cast up; as, to levy a mill, dike, ditch, a
nuisance, etc. [Obs.] --Cowell. --Blackstone.
(c) To take or seize on execution; to collect by
execution.
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To levy a fine, to commence and carry on a suit for
assuring the title to lands or tenements. --Blackstone.
To levy war, to make or begin war; to take arms for attack;
to attack.
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Replevying
(gcide) | Replevy \Re*plev"y\ (-?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Replevied (-?d);
p. pr. & vb. n. Replevying.] [OF. replevir, LL. replevire.
See Pledge, Replevin.]
1. (Law) To take or get back, by a writ for that purpose
(goods and chattels wrongfully taken or detained), upon
giving security to try the right to them in a suit at law,
and, if that should be determined against the plaintiff,
to return the property replevied.
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2. (Old Eng. Law) To bail. --Spenser.
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Unenvying
(gcide) | Unenvying \Unenvying\
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Vyingly
(gcide) | Vying \Vy"ing\,
a. & n. from Vie. -- Vy"ing*ly, adv.
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LEVYING WAR
(bouvier) | LEVYING WAR, crim. law. The assembling of a body of men for the purpose of
effecting by force a treasonable object; and all who perform any part
however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are
leagued in the general conspiracy, are considered as engaged in levying war,
within the meaning of the constitution. 4 Cranch R. 473-4; Const. art. 3, s.
3. Vide Treason; Fries' Trial; Pamphl. This is a technical term, borrowed
from the English law, and its meaning is the same as it is when used in
stat. 25 Ed. III.; 4 Cranch's R. 471; U. S. v. Fries, Pamphl. 167; Hall's
Am. Law Jo. 351; Burr's Trial; 1 East, P. C. 62 to 77; Alis. Cr. Law of
Scotl. 606; 9 C. & P. 129.
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