Hypertext Webster Gateway: "compete"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Compete \Com*pete"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Competed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Competing}.] [L. completere, competitum; com- +
petere to seek. See {Petition}.]
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 another.
The rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were
all the while competing for European alliances.
--Bancroft.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
compete
v : compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself
against others [syn: {vie}, {contend}]
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