emulation

[Lat. æmulatio, from æmula tus, pa. par. of æmulor.] [EMULATE, a.] 1. The act of striving to equal or excel another in qualities or actions; rivalry; ambition to equal or excel. "Then Study languished, Emulation slept, And Virtue fled." Cowper: Task , ii. 734, 735. 2. Envy, jealousy, unfair or dishonorable rivalry; IMG:content-0947.png:[blocks in formation] emunctory