[
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "emulate:1",
      "uuid": "de0dd2b1-95d1-47a3-b900-cae7a158965f",
      "sort": "050108400",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "emulate",
        "emulated",
        "emulates",
        "emulating"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hom": 1,
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "em*u*late",
      "prs": [
        {
          "mw": "ˈem-yə-ˌlāt",
          "sound": {
            "audio": "emulat01",
            "ref": "c",
            "stat": "1"
          }
        },
        {
          "mw": "-yü-"
        }
      ]
    },
    "fl": "verb",
    "ins": [
      {
        "ifc": "-lat*ed",
        "if": "em*u*lat*ed"
      },
      {
        "ifc": "-lat*ing",
        "if": "em*u*lat*ing"
      }
    ],
    "def": [
      {
        "vd": "transitive verb",
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "1 a",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}to strive to equal or {d_link|excel|excel}"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ],
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "b",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}{sx|imitate||}"
                  ]
                ],
                "sdsense": {
                  "sd": "especially",
                  "dt": [
                    [
                      "text",
                      "{bc}to imitate by means of an {d_link|emulator|emulator}"
                    ]
                  ]
                }
              }
            ]
          ],
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "sn": "2",
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}to equal or approach equality with"
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "quotes": [
      {
        "t": "I started out {qword}emulating{/qword} Chandler in that first book, maybe the first book and a half, because I was in my novitiate, and whenever I wasn't clear on what to do I would actively think about Chandler and what Marlow would have done.",
        "aq": {
          "auth": "Robert B. Parker et al.",
          "source": "{it}Colloquium on Crime{/it}",
          "aqdate": "1986"
        }
      },
      {
        "t": "If you are talking to someone younger, do not condescend. If you are talking to someone older, back up feelings with facts and never be in such a rush to make your point that you forget the art of listening. And please, no one try to {qword}emulate{/qword} the histrionic, discursive style of any talking heads you see on television.",
        "aq": {
          "auth": "William Norwich",
          "source": "{it}Vogue{/it}",
          "aqdate": "9 Sept. 2008"
        }
      },
      {
        "t": "Although some schools are postponing new projects because of the faltering economy, others are forging ahead with plans to {qword}emulate{/qword} freshman programs that have long existed at some of the nation's oldest colleges.",
        "aq": {
          "auth": "Jeninne Lee-St. John",
          "source": "{it}Time{/it}",
          "aqdate": "27 Oct. 2008"
        }
      }
    ],
    "et": [
      [
        "text",
        "borrowed from Latin {it}aemulātus,{/it} past participle of {it}aemulārī{/it} \"to vie with, rival, imitate,\" derivative of {it}aemulus{/it} \"rivaling, {et_link|emulous|emulous}\""
      ]
    ],
    "date": "1582{ds||1|a|}",
    "shortdef": [
      "to strive to equal or excel",
      "imitate; especially : to imitate by means of an emulator",
      "to equal or approach equality with"
    ]
  },
  {
    "meta": {
      "id": "emulate:2",
      "uuid": "8b73add1-3aa6-42d1-917b-8e8d6721192c",
      "sort": "050108500",
      "src": "collegiate",
      "section": "alpha",
      "stems": [
        "emulate"
      ],
      "offensive": false
    },
    "hom": 2,
    "hwi": {
      "hw": "em*u*late",
      "prs": [
        {
          "mw": "ˈem-yə-lət",
          "sound": {
            "audio": "emulat02",
            "ref": "c",
            "stat": "1"
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "fl": "adjective",
    "def": [
      {
        "sls": [
          "obsolete"
        ],
        "sseq": [
          [
            [
              "sense",
              {
                "dt": [
                  [
                    "text",
                    "{bc}{sx|emulous||1b} "
                  ],
                  [
                    "vis",
                    [
                      {
                        "t": "pricked on by a most {wi}emulate{/wi} pride",
                        "aq": {
                          "auth": "William Shakespeare"
                        }
                      }
                    ]
                  ]
                ]
              }
            ]
          ]
        ]
      }
    ],
    "et": [
      [
        "text",
        "borrowed from Latin {it}aemulātus{/it} {ma}{mat|emulate:1|emulate:1}{/ma}"
      ]
    ],
    "date": "1602",
    "shortdef": [
      "emulous"
    ]
  }
]