vie

1. (intransitive) To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.Examples: "Near-synonym: oppose"; "Her suitors were all vying for her attention."; "It is the tradition of a trading nation[…], that the younger sons[…] may be placed in such a way of life as […] to vie with the best of their family."Synonyms: compete#Verb, battle#Verb, contest#VerbAntonyms: concede, ;, give in, give up, ;, reconcileintransitive

2. (transitive, archaic) To rival (something), etc.Examples: "But, 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."archaictransitive

3. (transitive) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.Examples: "She hung about my neck; and kiss on kiss / She vied so fast."; "Nor was he set over us to vie wisdom with his Parliament, but to be guided by them."; "And vying malice with my gentleness, / Pick quarrels with their only happiness."transitive