Com-pēte', v. i.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. COMPETED; p. pr. & vb. n. COMPETING.] [Lat. competere, from com, for con, and petere, to seek; Pr. competir.] To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing as another; to maintain a contest; to contend as rivals for a prize.

The rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were all the while competing for European alliances. Bancroft.