emulate
verb (used with object)
to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass.
emulative
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a word derived from
emulate.
Example Sentences
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Then came the Erie Canal and the frenzied funding of emulative projects, many of which failed, but the successes redeemed the rest.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2016
His film is a variation on the master's masterpiece, Persona, but it has what Allen's other emulative exercises lacked, namely wit.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Charles River between Boston and Charlestown was about as wide at the point where the old ferry crossed as was the Thames at London Bridge, and Americans were emulative of that structure.
From Stage-coach and Tavern Days by Alice Morse Earle
His example, the wonderful incentive of his work, the absolute perfection of his conclusions, must have proved marvellous emulative factors for the students who flocked to Alexandria.
From Education: How Old The New by James J. Walsh
Schlegel urged that the new style must be emulative and aspiring, ever possessed of lofty ideas.
From Overbeck by J. Beavington Atkinson
