01 a. Ambitiously desirous to equal or even to excel another; eager to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- …
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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.
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Vying with; rivaling; hence, contentious, envious.“Emulous missions 'mongst the gods.” — Shak.