Verb
The word is derived from rival
of Rival
Source: Webster's dictionaryMaugham, The Partial View (Heineman 1954), p. 8. The writer's life allowed Maugham to travel and to live in places such as Spain and Capri for the next decade, but his next ten works never came close to rivalling the success of Liza. Source: Internet
And so the summer of electoral reform might thus be upon us (possibly rivalling 2010's summer of the long-form census for whimsy and spectacle). Source: Internet
Why is that you assume that the term "civilized nations" does include countries outside of Europe? worldwide consensus is that S. Africa is a highly civilized nation with an incredible history and an constitution that comes close to rivalling our own. Source: Internet
Even small nations now had armies rivalling the size of the Great Powers ' forces of past wars but most of these were poor quality forces only suitable for garrison duties. Source: Internet