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单词 emulative
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emulativeadj.

/ˈɛmjʊlətɪv/
Etymology: < Latin aemulāt- participial stem of aemulāri (see emulate v.) + -ive suffix.
1. That results from or is characterized by emulation.
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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.
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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).
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