vie

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  1. intransitive verb To strive for victory or superiority; contend. See Synonyms at rival.
  2. transitive verb Archaic To offer in competition; match.
  3. transitive verb Obsolete To wager or bet.

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  • C'est la vie, as they say everywhere except Paris That smell's starting to bother Lucia now, because she's remembering the smell of dung on the Rue Viande. —  F ;SF - vol 101 issue 03 - September 2001
  • C'est la vie, and I found plenty of other good stuff: floor puzzles, a few items of clothing, and a couple of Pack'n'Plays for Maddie and Riley's daycare, and bike helmets which the kids like so much I almost don't think we need the bikes to go with them. —  Snickollet
  • Most Americans don't know much at all about eaux de vie, and even if they did it's not a beverage that has carved a place at the dinner table or anywhere else. —  The Pour
  • Not because you impact to advise in distinction aforementioned in the rest of the services in Home, but because it takes a while, for me anyways, to amount discover how to start a vie (FYI, the easiest artefact I institute was to superior a nearby by individual then continually impact mitt on the similarity follow until I institute the race). —  Planet Malaysia
  • C'est la vie - we were now allowed to stay in Thailand another 15 days until Feb 4. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Short for Middle English envien, from Old French envier, from Latin invītāre, to invite, give occasion for; see invite.

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  1. Formerly also vye; from Middle English vien; by apheresis from envy, ult. from Latin invitare, invite: see envy, invite.
  2. Formerly also vye; from vie, v. Cf. envy.
  3. Middle English, from Old French (and F.) vie = Spanish Portuguese vida = Italian vita, from Latin vita, life, from vivere, live: see vital, vivid.
 

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