Vie
Pronunciation
- IPA: /vaɪ/
- Rhymes: -aɪ
Origin
From French envier.
Full definition of vie
Verb
- (intransitive) To rival; to struggle for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.Her suitors were all vying for her attention.
- AddisonIn a trading nation, the younger sons may be placed in such a way of life as ... to vie with the best of their family.
- (transitive, archaic) To rival (something), etc.
- 1608, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra http://www.rhymezone.com/r/gwic.cgi?Path=shakespeare/tragedies/antonyandcleopatra/v_ii//&Word=to+vie+strange+forms+with+fancy;+yet,+to+imagine#wBut, if there be, or ever were, one such,
It's past the size of dreaming: nature wants stuff
To vie strange forms with fancy; yet, to imagine
An Antony, were nature's piece 'gainst fancy,
Condemning shadows quite. - (transitive) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
- ShakespeareShe hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss
She vied so fast. - MiltonNor was he set over us to vie wisdom with his Parliament, but to be guided by them.
- HerbertAnd vying malice with my gentleness,
Pick quarrels with their only happiness. - To stake; to wager.
- To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.