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Emulous adj.

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.

Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious. "Emulous Carthage." "Emulous missions 'mongst the gods."

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Etymology of 'Emulous'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Emulous" Quotes from Famous Books

... regent see herself emancipated from her long thraldom; the emulous industry of the nobility lightened for her the burden of business, and their insinuating humility allowed her to feel the ...

— The Works of Frederich Schiller in English • Frederich Schiller

... think that good rules cannot be understood but by the sound of trumpet. Ambition is not a vice of little people, nor of such modest means as ours. One said to Alexander: "Your father will leave you a great dominion, easy and pacific"; this youth was emulous of his father's victories and of the justice of his government; he would not have enjoyed the empire of the world in ease and peace. Alcibiades, in Plato, had rather die young, beautiful, rich, noble, and learned, and all this in full excellence, than to stop short ...

— The Essays of Montaigne, Complete • Michel de Montaigne

... Wine's emulous neighbour, though but stale, Ennobling all the nymphs of water, And filling each man's heart with ...

— Book of English Verse • Bulchevy

... sides repair to her The progeny not fostered in her bosom? Lift high, Jerusalem, lift high thy head! Look on those monarchs of thy marvellous glory: The kings of nations are before thee prostrate, Kissing the dust of thy feet: The people in thy light walk emulous. Blest, who for Sion with a holy fervour Doth feel his soul expanded! Heavens scatter your dew, and let the earth Bring forth ...

— Athaliah • J. Donkersley

... instruction for London; able professors were to read lectures gratis, they contrived to have no scholars; whereas, if they had been allowed to receive but sixpence a lecture from each scholar, they would have been emulous to have had many scholars. Every body will agree that it should be the interest of those who teach to have scholars; and this is the case in our Universities[42]. That they are too rich is certainly not true; for they have nothing good enough to keep a man of eminent learning with them ...

— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 3 • Boswell, Edited by Birkbeck Hill

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