单词 | emulative |
释义 | emulativeadj. 1. That results from or is characterized by emulation. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [adjective] > competing rival1592 emulative1593 emulating1610 corrivinga1618 emulous1617 corrival1646 comparative1654 rivalling1668 contesting1697 rivalrous1831 co-rival1832 competing1862 1593 R. Harvey Philadelphus 23 Memprise slewe his manly brother..to be out of his emulative danger. a1658 J. Cleveland Upon Fly in Wks. (1687) 231 She..in an emulative Chafe..begg'd thy Shrine her Epitaph? 1763 J. Hoole tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem Delivered v. (R.) All, with emulative zeal, demand To fill the number of th' elected band. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles 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 figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [adjective] enviousa1300 emulate1604 emulatory1615 emulous1693 competitory1742 emulative1747 rivalrous1812 competitive1829 agonal1896 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxviii. 256 Noble minds, emulative of perfection. 1791 G. Huddesford Salmagundi 138 Dick's breast with emulative ardour glows. 1829 W. Scott Anne of Geierstein I. ii. 39 The sound was re-echoed..from precipice to precipice, with emulative thunders. 1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera I. xi. 11 The peasant's wife..emulative of Queens Penelope, Bertha, and Maud. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1593 |
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