Definition of Emulating

1. Verb. (present participle of emulate) ¹

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Definition of Emulating

1. emulate [v] - See also: emulate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emulating

empyrical
empyrics
empyroses
empyrosis
ems
emself
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emtricitabine
emu
emu-wren
emu wren
emulable
emulate
emulated
emulates
emulating (current term)
emulation
emulations
emulative
emulatively
emulator
emulators
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emulatress
emulatresses
emulatrix
emule
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emules
emulge

Literary usage of Emulating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... the treasures offered at thi shrine by devout pilgrims, but during the next eighty years the place was never without one or more hermits emulating St. ..."

2. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1851)
"... far as we dare, emulating the glory of the man, whom neither our warmest admiration, nor our fondest predilection, could protect from the fatal shaft. ..."

3. The Question of Our Speech: The Lesson of Balzac; Two Lectures by Henry James (1905)
"At first dimly, but then more and more distinctly, you will find yourselves noting, comparing, preferring, at last,positively emulating and imitating. ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"... sufferings, and patriotism of our fathers, and is only to bo maintained bv emulating their patriotism and their virtues, and adhering to their thue- ..."

5. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1814)
"THEN we might hope to see piety pervade the emulating- classes of subordinate society, and religion would rank among the ..."

6. Mary Brandegee: An Autobiography by Ellen Peck (1865)
"... who appeared desirous of emulating a Chinese mandarin in the number and frequency of his salutations, went on to declare, that he had come openly to ..."

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