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 Ri·val, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rivaled or Rivalled; p. pr. & vb. n. Rivaling or Rivalling.]
 1. To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.
 2. To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.
    To rival thunder in its rapid course.   --Dryden.