revie

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/ɹiˈvaɪ/

verb

To vie with, or rival, in return.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person revies · participle present revying · participle past revied · past revied

  1. obsoleteTo vie with, or rival, in return.
  2. obsoleteTo exceed an adversary's wager in a card game; to reraise.

    here's a trick vied and revied!

    1598, Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Euery Man in His Humour. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)
  3. obsoleteTo make a retort; to bandy words.

Origin

From re- + vie.

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APA

revie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revie

MLA

“revie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revie. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “revie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revie.

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