vie

name

1. A district of Oradea, Bihor County, Romania.
2. A river in Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France.
3. A river in Normandy, France, flowing through Orne department and Calvados department.

noun

Etymology: Apheretic form of envy.

1. A contest.

verb

Etymology: Apheretic form of envy.

1. To fight for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.

   “Near-synonym: oppose”

   “Her suitors were all vying for her attention.”

2. To rival (something), etc.

   “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.”

3. To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.

   “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.”

4. To stake; to wager.

   “Out, thou camelion harlot! now thine eyes Vie tears with the hyæna”

   “Nature wants stuff To vie strange forms with fancy”

5. To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.