At his death, about 1328, heathen vied with Christian in honouring him.
Men vied with each other in celebrating Diane's beauty, which, if we may judge from her portraits, has been slightly exaggerated.
The and the court and government of Germany vied with the Regenc.v.
It became a question between Amalric and Nureddin, which of the two should control the discordant viziers, who vied with one another for the control of the decadent caliphs of Egypt.
Academies vied with each other in enrolling Leverrier among their members; the Royal Society awarded him the Copley medal; the king of Denmark sent him the order of the Dannebrog; he was named officer in the Legion of Honour, and preceptor to the comte de Paris; a chair of astronomy was created for his benefit at the Faculty of Sciences; he was appointed adjunct astronomer to the Bureau of Longitudes.
