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emulative, a.|ˈɛmjʊlətɪv|
[f. L. æmulāt- ppl. stem of æmulā-ri (see emulate v.) + -ive.]
1. That results from or is characterized by emulation.
1593R. Harvey Philad. 23 Memprise slewe his manly brother..to be out of his emulative danger. a1659Cleveland Poems, On Fly 21 She..in an emulative Chafe..begg'd thy Shrine her Epitaph? 1763Hoole Jer. Del. v. (R.), All, with emulative zeal, demand To fill the number of th' elected band. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, I. iv. 65 The people were invited to ruin their families in emulative costliness.
2. That tends to emulation; disposed to rival, copy, or compete with. Const. of Also fig.
1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) I. xxxviii. 283 Noble minds, emulative of perfection. 1791Huddesford Salmag. 138 Dick's breast with emulative ardour glows. 1829Scott Anne of G. ii, The sound was re-echoed..from precipice to precipice, with emulative thunders. 1871Ruskin Fors Clav. xi. 11 The peasant's wife..emulative of Queens Penelope, Bertha, and Maud. |