aemulari

aemulari [CL] , to emulate, vie with. b to contend. c to envy, grudge. quem [Vergilium] Lucanus ~ans ‥ imitabatur Aldh. Met. 10 p. 89; exemplum ‥ pietatis illius coepit ~ari Bede HE I 7; 9‥ ~ari, i. imitari vel ellenwodian WW; ~ate sunt alie civitates ‥ fidem Londoniensium Devizes 25v. b 10‥ ~abantur, wæran sacende WW. c s1190 eorum vel ~ando felicitatem vel inhiando fortunis W. Newb. IV 7.