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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : verb em-yuh-leyt; adjective em-yuh-lit |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈɛm yəˌleɪt; adjective ˈɛm yə lɪt |
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Définition of emulates
Origin :- 1580s, back-formation from emulation, or else from Latin aemulatus, past participle of aemulari "to rival." Related: Emulated; emulating.
- verb copy the actions of
- Hearing of the artistic feats of eminent gamblers, he emulates them.
- Extract from : « Gamblers and Gambling » by Henry Ward Beecher
- M. Donnay is skilful, and he emulates Beardsley's wonderful, pure line, without always perfectly attaining to it.
- Extract from : « Aspects and Impressions » by Edmund Gosse
- Example stimulates and emulates, despite our reasoning faculties.
- Extract from : « Curiosities of Medical Experience » by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen
- We are told of a third species, which emulates the scorpion in the malignity of its sting or bite.
- Extract from : « An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. I (of 4) » by William Kirby
- The "bachelor girl," on the other hand, has virtually all the liberty of the man whom her name indicates that she emulates.
- Extract from : « Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife » by Marion Mills Miller
- Unlike the Polish Jew, whose example of untiring industry he emulates, he has seldom much laid up against a rainy day.
- Extract from : « How the Other Half Lives » by Jacob A. Riis
- He emulates no man in anything but goodness, and that with more desire than hope to overtake.
- Extract from : « Character Writings of the 17th Century » by Various
- I, myself, could never have done much by either process, but he is made differently—imitates and emulates and all that.
- Extract from : « Life and Letters of Robert Browning » by Mrs. Sutherland Orr
- Or, it might be, that a worse beast still—always worst of all when he emulates the nature of the beast—man!
- Extract from : « Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia » by William Gilmore Simms
- He is no longer a copy of the Latin slaves, but a free agent who emulates their qualities.
- Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature » by John Addington Symonds
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