viduity (viduʻiti)

[L. viduita (t-)s, widowhood, She gone, and her viduous mansion, your heart, to let, her succe or the new occupant. finds her miniature. Thackeray, New comes, lxvi. viel (vi), v.; pret. and pp. vied, ppr. vying. [Formerly also rye; vie He cometh in only with jolly brags and great vaunts, as if he were playing at post, and should win all by vying. Bp. Jewell, Controversy with M. Harding, iv. To vie was to hazard, to put down a certain sum upon a hand of cards. Gifford, Note on B. Jonson's Every Man in his Humour, [iv. 1. 2. To strive for superiority; endeavor to be equal or superior (to); contend; rival: followed by with, and said of persons or things. Fortune did vie with nature, to bestow, When I was born, her bounty equally. 6752 vi et arm is (vi et är'mis). [L.: vi , abl. sing. of vis , force, violence; et , and; arm is , abl. of arm a , a weapon, defensive armor: see visl and arm2.] In law , with force and arms: words made use of in indictments and actions of tres- pa to show that the trespa or crime was forcible or committed with a display of force; Beau . and Fl . , Laws of Candy, ii. 1. hence, with force or violence generally. Albion in Verse with antient Greece had vy'd , And gain'd alone a Fame. Congreve, Epistle to Lord Halifax. Gold furze with broom in blo om vies. M. Arnold, Stanzas composed at Carnac. She hung upon my neck, and ki on ki She vied so fast. Shak., T. of the S., ii. 1. 311. Here's a trick vied and revied! B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, iv. 1. 2. To put or bring into competition; bandy; try to outdo in; contend with respect to. [Obsolete or archaic.] Nature wants stuff To vie strange forms with fancy. Shak., A. and C., v. 2. 98. Now thine eyes Vie tears with the hyæna. B. Jonson, Volpone, iv. 2. The roguish eye of J-ll... almost invites a stranger to vie a repartee with it. Lamb , Old Benchers.