emulate
[verb em-yuh-leyt; adjective em-yuh-lit]
verb (used with object), em·u·lat·ed, em·u·lat·ing.
to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass: to emulate one's father as a concert violinist.
to rival with some degree of success: Some smaller cities now emulate the major capitals in their cultural offerings.
Computers.
- to imitate (a particular computer system) by using a software system, often including a microprogram or another computer that enables it to do the same work, run the same programs, etc., as the first.
- to replace (software) with hardware to perform the same task.
adjective
Obsolete. emulous.
Origin of emulate
Synonyms for emulate
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Historical Examples of emulative
Their eagerness was emulative, and made them rapid in their haste.
She was too self-centred, and, if the truth were told, too emulative.
By the Light of the SoulMary E. Wilkins Freeman
Wealth gives rank, and gratifies not only the greed but also the emulative spirit of the pack.
The Origin of Man and of his SuperstitionsCarveth Read
Pecuniary management is of an emulative character and gives, primarily, relative success only.
The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other EssaysThorstein Veblen
By degrees men and women are making ready to take their places in an emulative rather than a materialistically competitive order.
An Essay On The American Contribution And The Democratic IdeaWinston Churchill
emulate
verb (tr)
Word Origin for emulate
C16: from Latin aemulārī, from aemulus competing with; probably related to imitārī to imitate
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