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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Inclined to emulation; aspiring to competition; rivaling;

as, an

emulative

person or effort

“Emulative zeal.”

Hoole.

Adj.

Inclined to emulation; rivaling; disposed to competition.

emulative ‎(comparative more emulative, superlative most emulative)

Having a tendency to emulate others; imitative
- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
  It took four men, all four ablaze with gorgeous decoration, and the Chief of them unable to exist with fewer than two gold watches in his pocket, emulative of the noble and chaste fashion set by Monseigneur, to conduct the happy chocolate to Monseigneur's lips.

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