aemule

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iː.ˈmjul/, /ɪ-/, /ə-/
  • (US) /i.ˈmjul/, /ə-/

• Rhymes: -uːl

Verb

aemule (third-person singular simple present aemules, present participle aemuling, simple past and past participle aemuled)

1. Obsolete form of emulate (“to emulate”).
   • 1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “Colin Clouts Come Home Againe”, in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     æmuled of many

Latin

Adjective

aemule

1. vocative masculine singular of aemulus