emulate

verb

To copy or imitate, especially a person.

(computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device

(now rare) To attempt to equal or be the same as.

(obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.

adjective

(obsolete) Striving to excel, ambitious, emulous.

Roots

aemulusemul- · Latin · rival, striving to equal

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