emulsive (emulsiv)

[= F. émulsif = Sp. Pg. It. emulsivo, organ of the body which has an excretory or II. n.; pl. emunctories (-riz). A part or an depuratory function; an organ or a part which eliminates effete or excrementitious matters or products of decomposition, as carbonic dioxid, emuscationt (e-mus-ka's hon), n. [ urea, cholesterin, etc.: see My heart laments that virtue cannot live Out of the teeth of emulation . Shak ., J. C., ii. 3. =Syn. 1 and 2. Emulation, Competition, Rivalry. The natural love of superiority is known as emulation; in common use the word signifies the desire and the resulting endeavor to equal or surpa another or others in some quality, attainment, or achievement. It is intrinsically neutral both as to time and motive, but it is most frequently applied to the relations of contemporaries or a ociates, and to feelings and efforts of an honorable nature. Competition is the act of striving against others; the word is used only where the object to be attained is pretty clearly in mind, and that object is not mere superiority, but some definite thing: as, competition for a prize; competition in busine . Rivalry, unle qualified by some favorable adjective, is generally a contest in which the competitors push their several interests in an ungenerous spirit, malignant feelings being easily a result. Rivalry may be general in its character: as, the rivalry between two states or cities; in such cases it may be friendly and honorable. A noble emulation heats your breast. Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave, Is emulation in the learn'd or brave. Dryden. Pope , E ay on Man, ii. 191. Competition for the crown, there is none nor can be. Bacon . When the worship of rank and the worship of wealth are in competition, it may at least be said that the existence of the two idols diminishes by dividing the force of Lecky, Eng. in 18th Cent., ii. each superstition. Far-sighted summoner of War and Waste To fruitful strifes and rivalries of peace. Tennyson, Idylls of the King, Ded.