(v. i.) To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.
(v. i.) To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition.
(v. t.) To stake; to wager.
(v. t.) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
(n.) A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager.
Example Sentences:
(1) of methotrexate (MTX) methasquin (MQ), aminopterin, and N-([2,4-diamino-5-chloro-6-quinazolinyl) methyl]-amino)benzol)-L-glutamate (5-Cl-deaza-AM), total accumulation in small intestine was vie- to eight-fold greater than the dihydrofolate reductase content.
(2) Monsieur Blue open daily midday-2am; Tokyo Eat open daily midday-midnight; Le Smack open midday-midnight Le Musée de la Vie Romantique Cafe Vie Romantique This is one of the most discrete but enchanting Parisian museums, an early 19th-century mansion tucked away down a narrow cul-de-sac in the backstreets of Pigalle.
(3) In 2011, the Republican frontrunner was, briefly, Herman Cain, a pizza magnate who took his tax plan from a computer game and quoted a song from the Pokemon mo vie in his speeches.
(4) Then came Virgin Vie, Virgin Vision, Virgin Vodka, Virgin Wine, Virgin Jeans, Virgin Brides, Virgin Cosmetics and Virgin Cars - none fulfilling their creator's inflated dreams.
(5) Like Strictly Come Dancing, the bottom two contestants each week will vie to stay in the show, this time in a "vault off".
(6) These simulations permit us to follow the sequence of events accompanying haemodilution, and to assess the qualities of a plasmatic substitute: oncotic strength, demi-vie, effect on the extravascular mobilisation of proteins.
(7) I still believe that among the conflicting voices that vie for Saif's tortured soul there is the voice of a genuine democrat and a Libyan patriot.
(8) American networks vied fiercely for Fox's new show and it is difficult to walk for more than two blocks in New York without seeing a giant advert for the 22-episode series.
(9) But a Chinese newspaper has accused the character of political subversion, claiming that his presence at a recent exhibition in the southern Chinese city of Chengdu was part of a plot to portray Japan in a kinder light as the two east Asian rivals vie over wartime history and territories in the East China Sea .
(10) The party has vied with the Liberal Democrats to dominate the pensions debate.
(11) Since then, his supporters and opponents have vied for power, sometimes violently.
(12) It's not a radical idea, and it's gained some pace recently as the big banks vie for the chance to see what alienates customers the most, between not being able to run a website, not being able see a market without wanting to rig it, not being able to take responsibility for anything and simply not giving a toss.
(13) Well, Man of Steel succeeded for the most part because it vied to present a world as close as possible to reality, one in which Superman suddenly arrived to shock the planet with his very existence.
(14) He always understood wine as a drinker rather than an academic, however, and to prove the point the labels on the kitchen pillar are pasted haphazardly, as if each has been slapped on at the end of a long and tremendous evening: a Château Latour 1963 overlaps a La Tâche 1954, a Château Margaux 1934 vies for space with a Mouton Rothschild 1878.
(15) Barbara Juokwewycz, spokeswoman for La Vie Active, said they had been processing 50 people a day since last Monday.
(17) The speed of US disengagement will depend to a large extent on whether the alternative is a vacuum and instability, as a variety of religious and tribal forces vie to inherit the Gulf kingdoms.
(18) In 1983 an important new forum for bioethical discussion in France was created, with the establishment of the Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique pour les Sciences de la Vie et de la Santé (C.C.N.E.).
(19) On a stage in a country town square, the accordion band struck up Edith Piaf's bitter-sweet love song, La Vie en Rose .
(20) Let's have a reality-TV contest in which top materials-science researchers vie to invent a more efficient kind of solar cell in order to combat global warming, while also having to rehearse and perform an entire postmodern circus in skimpy costumes.
Vig
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) As a social worker I think that Vig has developed my skills in communication and reflective practice as well as developing my confidence.
(2) Previously it was shown that macrophages (M phi) isolated from the vigorous (Vig) or modulated (Mod) liver granulomas (Gr) of Schistosoma mansoni-infected mice restored mitogen and parasite egg antigen-induced proliferative responses to accessory cell-depleted lymphocytes.
(3) Open Mon-Fri for lunch and dinner, closes Mon-Thurs 10pm, Fri-Sat 11pm The Vig (Arcadia) Further east, Camelback Road edges the Arcadia neighbourhood, where thirtysomethings have been busy rehabbing houses on 1950s and 1960s developments and transforming them into retro-cool mid-century digs.
(4) I immediately began to see the benefits to families through using Vig, which requires practitioners to undertake 18 months of supervised practice to reach accreditation.
(5) Only few of the tested compounds (IIIg), (IIIh), (IVf), (IVh), (Vg), (Vh), (VIg) showed a fairly good activity against P. irregulare, whereas no compounds exhibited any activity in the in vivo tests (in the preventive phase).
(6) On the contrary, suppression on intra-uterine life may be considered as legal within the framework of the law on VIG (voluntary interruption of pregnancy), as no date-limit is provided for therapeutic interruption of pregnancy.
(7) Post-vaccinial encephalitis, while frequently serious, has not been shown to be ameliorated by VIG therapy, although there are data which suggest VIG has some value in prophylaxis for encephalitis.
(8) Although freshly isolated Vig or ModGrM phi contained preformed SF and PRF, in vitro production of the factors were depressed by protein synthesis inhibitors.
(9) There are now VIG supervisors in most cities across the UK.
(10) From January to September 1987, 271 cases of VIG before the 90th day of amenorrhea, 2 cases of VIG after the 90th day of amenorrhea, and 3 cases of intrauterine fetal death were operated at Vercelli Midwifery School.
(11) The Monastery: Mr Vig and the Nun An award-winning film about a millionaire who wants to establish a Russian Orthodox religious order in his castle.
(12) Vaccinia hyperimmune globulin (VIG) in prophylactic dosage may be given to a pregnant woman who is traveling to a smallpox infected or endemic area in order to prevent fetal vaccinia.
(13) The samples also were assayed with the soybean mitotic crossing-over assay [Vig, 1975].
(14) One of these ways was through video interaction guidance (Vig) , which can support parents to have better, more attuned relationships with their children and in their other relationships in the family.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Outgoing CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp Thomas Kirk Kristiansen, great grandson of Lego’s founder, will become deputy chair of the new brand group.
(16) Other Vig practitioners who have also been involved in research studies have seen clear results from practice-based research.
(17) These chromosomes, unlike multicentrics in mouse (Vig and Zinkowski 1986) do not show premature centromere separation.
(18) Compounds (VIIa) and (VIIe) were selectively deacetylated yielding (VIIb) and (VIId); these were then oxidized and hydrolyzed to convert them into (VIf) and (VIg).
(19) Recent research by Dr Maria Doria highlights the following elements as being important in the process of Vig to bringing about change: • Self-reflection.
(20) Freshly isolated Vig or ModGrM phi contained preformed LAF, although its in vitro production was depressed by protein synthesis inhibitors.