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emulate
English
Alternative forms
- æmulate (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??m.j?.le?t/
- Hyphenation: em?u?late
Verb
emulate (third-person singular simple present emulates, present participle emulating, simple past and past participle emulated)
- (now rare) To attempt to equal or be the same as.
- To copy or imitate, especially a person.
- (obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 146:
- But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].
- 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 146:
- (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
Related terms
- emulation
- emulator
- emulous
Translations
Adjective
emulate (comparative more emulate, superlative most emulate)
- (obsolete) Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.
See also
- mimic
- copy
- imitate
- simulate
Anagrams
- metulae
Italian
Verb
emulate
- second-person plural present indicative of emulare
- second-person plural imperative of emulare
- feminine plural of emulato
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emulously
English
Etymology
emulous +? -ly
Adverb
emulously (comparative more emulously, superlative most emulously)
- In an emulous manner; ambitiously or competitively.
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
- The inhabitants were all doing well, it seemed, and all emulously hoping to do better still...
- 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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- emulate
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