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Webster 1913 Edition
Compete
Com-pete′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Competed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Competing
.] To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business;
as, tradesmen
. compete
with one anotherThe rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were all the while
competing
for European alliances. Bancroft.
Webster 1828 Edition
Compete
COMPETE
, v.i.1.
To seek, or strive for the same thing as another; to carry on competition or rivalry.Our manufacturers compete with the English in making cotton cloths.
2.
To strive or claim to be equal.The sages of antiquity will not dare to compete with the inspired authors.