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Emulate

//ˈɛm.jʊ.leɪt// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Striving to excel, ambitious, emulous. obsolete

    "That can I, At leaſt the whiſper goes ſo : Our laſt King, Whoſe Image euen but novv appear'd to vs, VVas (as you know) by Fortinbras of Norvvay, (Thereto prick’d on by a moſt emulate Pride) Dar’d to the Combate."

Verb
  1. 1
    To attempt to equal or be the same as. archaic
  2. 2
    compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with wordnet
  3. 3
    To copy or imitate, especially a person.

    "People are endlessly fascinating, even if you'd never want to emulate them."

  4. 4
    imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software wordnet
  5. 5
    To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy. obsolete

    "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 [...]."

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  1. 6
    strive to equal or match, especially by imitating wordnet
  2. 7
    of a program or device: to imitate another program or device

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in 1586; borrowed from Latin aemulātus, perfect active participle of Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

First attested in 1586; borrowed from Latin aemulātus, perfect active participle of Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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