æmulate

See also: aemulate

English

Verb

æmulate (third-person singular simple present æmulates, present participle æmulating, simple past and past participle æmulated)

1. Archaic spelling of emulate.
   • 1606, Ben Jonson, Volpone, act 3: scene 7:

     Good Sir,
     Be iealous stil, æmulate them; and think
     What hate they burne with, toward euery sinne.

Related terms

• æmulable
• æmulation
• æmulative
• æmulator
• æmulatory
• æmulatress
• æmulatrix
• æmule
• æmulosity
• æmulous
• æmulousness