Competition in Webster's 1913 dictionary

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In Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), "competition" is labeled noun. Its etymology is recorded as: "[L. competition. See Compete.]" The selected historical definition says: "The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with."