RIVALITY
Ri*val"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. rivalitas: cf. F. rivalité.]
1. Rivalry; competition. [Obs.]
2. Equality, as of right or rank. [Obs.] hak.
RIVALRY
Ri"val*ry, n.; pl. Rivalries (.
Defn: The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition. "Keen contention and eager rivalries." Jeffrey.
Syn.
— Emulation; competition. See Emulation.
RIVALSHIP
Ri"val*ship, n.
Defn: Rivalry. [R.] B. Jonson.
RIVE
Rive, v. t. [imp. Rived; p. p. Rived or Riven (; p. pr. & vb. n.
Riving.] Etym: [Icel. rifa, akin to Sw. rifva to pull asunder, burst,
tear, Dan. rive to rake, pluck, tear. Cf. Reef of land, Rifle a gun,
Rift, Rivel.]
Defn: To rend asunder by force; to split; to cleave; as, to rive
timber for rails or shingles.
I shall ryve him through the sides twain. Chaucer.
The scolding winds have rived the knotty oaks. Shak.
Brutus hath rived my heart. Shak.