Associations to the word «Vie»

Wiktionary

VIE, verb. (intransitive) To rival; to struggle for superiority; to contend; to compete eagerly so as to gain something.
VIE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To rival (something), etc.
VIE, verb. (transitive) To do or produce in emulation, competition, or rivalry; to put in competition; to bandy.
VIE, verb. To stake; to wager.
VIE, verb. To stake a sum of money upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See revie.

Dictionary definition

VIE, verb. Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats