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(1):

(a.) Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority; as, rival lovers; rival claims or pretensions.

(2):

(n.) One who is in pursuit of the same object as another; one striving to reach or obtain something which another is attempting to obtain, and which one only can posses; a competitor; as, rivals in love; rivals for a crown.

(3):

(n.) A person having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

(4):

(v. i.) To be in rivalry.

(5):

(v. t.) To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.

(6):

(v. t.) To stand in competition with; to strive to gain some object in opposition to; as, to rival one in love.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Rival'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/rival.html. 1828.
 
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