Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COM-PETE'
COM-PENSE'COM'PE-TENCE, or COM'PE-TEN-CY
COM-PETE', v.i. [L. competo; con and peto.]
- 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.
- To strive or claim to be equal. The sages of antiquity will not dare to compete with the inspired authors. Milner.
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