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corrival

  • /kəˈɹaɪvəl/

Rhymes with -aɪvəl

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From Middle French corrival, from Latin corrīvālis.

noun corrivals · corival

  1. A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival. So he that doth redeem her thence might wear Without corrival all her dignities: But out upon this half-facd fellowship!
  2. archaic A companion. The Prince of Wales, Lord John of Lancaster, The noble Westmoreland, and warlike Blunt; And many more corrivals and dear men Of estimation and command in arms.

adjective corival

  1. not comparable Having rivaling claims; emulous; in rivalry. Not thinking, perhaps, that this would be, to erect a Power equal, and corrival with that of God Almighty […]

verb corrivals · corrivaling · corrivalling · corrivaled · corrivalled

  1. To compete with; to rival

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@misc{corrival_2026,
  title = {corrival},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/corrival},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}