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Definition of Emulative
1. a. Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling; as, an emulative person or effort.
Definition of Emulative
1. Adjective. Having a tendency to emulate others; imitative ¹
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Definition of Emulative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emulative
Literary usage of Emulative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Broader Elementary Education by John Pancoast Gordy (1903)
"HOW THE CHILD'S CAPITAL IS TO BE INVESTED: HIS ART, SOCIAL, ETHICAL, AND emulative
IMPULSES. THE preceding chapter sought to show that, for a variety of ..."
2. Sonnenschein's Cyclopædia of Education: A Handbook of Reference on All edited by Alfred Ewen Fletcher (1889)
"... which needs to be kept within proper bounds; and that emulative forni of
imitation which is a conspicuous feature in all kinds of youthful contests. ..."