Sentence:  the "Turks" delight but little in the outward Ornament of Houses, nor aspire in the least to <WSD>overdo</WSD> each other in the Europaean Custom of Polite and Solid Architecture, yet do they far more exceed us in the rich Ornaments and Contrivances of their Pavilions, 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To do more than (someone); to do (something) to a greater extent.