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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

compete XVII (not frequent before XIX). — L. competere, in its late sense of ‘strive for (something) together with another’, f. COM- + petere aim at, seek.
So competition XVII. — late L. (cf. PETITION. competitive XIX. competitor fellow candidate, rival. XVI. — F. (-eur) or L.; see -OR 1.

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compete

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com·pete / kəmˈpēt/ • v. [intr.] strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others who are trying to do the same: universities are competing for applicants. ∎ take part in a contest.

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compete

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

compete •accrete, beat, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat •backbeat • heartbeat • deadbeat •breakbeat • offbeat • browbeat •downbeat • drumbeat • upbeat •sugar beet • Blackfeet • flatfeet •forefeet • exegete • polychaete •lorikeet • parakeet •athlete, biathlete, decathlete, heptathlete, pentathlete, triathlete •kick-pleat • paraclete • obsolete •gamete • crabmeat • sweetmeat •mincemeat • forcemeat • backstreet •concrete • window seat

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