emulate

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English

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Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

Verb

emulate (third-person singular simple present emulates, present participle emulating, simple past and past participle emulated)

  1. (now rare) To attempt to equal or be the same as.
  2. To copy or imitate, especially a person.
    People are endlessly fascinating, even if you'd never want to emulate them.
    • 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎:
      The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.
  3. (obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
    • 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 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 [...].
  4. (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device

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Adjective

emulate (comparative more emulate, superlative most emulate)

  1. (obsolete) Striving to excel, ambitious, emulous.

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

emulate

  1. inflection of emulare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

emulate f pl

  1. feminine plural of emulato

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Spanish

Verb

emulate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of emular combined with te
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