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Definition of Emulating
1. emulate [v] - See also: emulate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emulating
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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