2. To strive to equal or exel; to emulate.

To rival thunder in its rapid course.

Dryden.

Ri"val, v. i. To be in rivalry. [Obs.] Shak.

Ri"val*ess, n. A female rival. [Obs.] Richardson.

Ri*val"i*ty (?), n. [L. rivalitas: cf. F. rivalité.] 1. Rivalry;

competition. [Obs.]