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Webster 1913 Edition

Emulous

Em′u-lous

,
Adj.
[L.
aemulus
. See
Emulate
.]
1.
Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; – with of;
as,
emulous
of another’s example or virtues
.
2.
Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious.
“Emulous Carthage.”
B. Jonson.
Emulous
missions 'mongst the gods.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Emulous

EM'ULOUS

,
Adj.
[L. oemulus.] Desirous or eager to imitate, equal or excel another; desirous of like excellence with another; with of; as emulous of another's example or virtues.
1.
Rivaling; engaged in competition; as emulous Carthage.
2.
Factious; contentious.

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