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Webster 1913 Edition

Revie

Re-vie′

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Verb.
T.
1.
To vie with, or rival, in return.
2.
(Card Playing)
To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.

Re-vie′

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To exceed an adversary’s wager in card playing.
[Obs.]
2.
To make a retort; to bandy words.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Revie

REVI'E

,
Verb.
T.
[re and vie.] to accede to the proposal of a stake and to overtop it; an old phrase at cards. Obs.

REVI'E

,
Verb.
I.
To return the challenge of a wager at cards; to make a retort.

Definition 2025

revie

revie

English

Verb

revie ‎(third-person singular simple present revies, present participle revying, simple past and past participle revied)

  1. (obsolete) To vie with, or rival, in return.
  2. (obsolete) To exceed an adversary's wager in a card game.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
  3. (obsolete) To make a retort; to bandy words.

Etymology

re- +‎ vie

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