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emulateth

emulateth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of emulate.

Meaning of emulate

Verb

emulate (third-person singular simple present emulates, present participle emulating, simple past and past participle emulated)

  1. (archaic) To attempt to equal or be the same as.
  2. To copy or imitate, especially a person.
    • People are endlessly fascinating, even if you'd never want to emulate them.
  3. (obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
    • But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 146
  4. of a program or device: to imitate another program or device

See all 5 meanings of emulate

Origin of emulateth

emulate + -eth

Questions about emulateth

What is emulateth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Emulateth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of emulate.

Words near emulateth in the dictionary

  1. emulatability
  2. emulatable
  3. emulate
  4. emulated
  5. emulates
  6. emulateth
  7. emulating
  8. emulation
  9. emulational
  10. emulations
  11. emulative

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