Definition of "emulate"

emulate

/ˈɛm.jə.leɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present emulates, present participle emulating, simple past and past participle emulated
1. (now rare) To attempt to equal or be the same as.
2. To copy or imitate, especially a person.
  Quotations
  The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.
  2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎
3. (obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
  Quotations
  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. (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
adjective
comparative more emulate, superlative most emulate
1. (obsolete) Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.
  Quotations
  A most emulate pride.
  c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene i]