All 3 Uses of
emulate
in
War and Peace
- My son Anatole is accompanying me on his way to the army, so I hope you will allow him personally to express the deep respect that, emulating his father, he feels for you.†
Chpt 3 *emulating = imitating
- Speranski went on to say that honor, l'honeur, cannot be upheld by privileges harmful to the service; that honor, l'honneur, is either a negative concept of not doing what is blameworthy or it is a source of emulation in pursuit of commendation and rewards, which recognize it.†
Chpt 6emulation = imitation
- An institution upholding honor, the source of emulation, is one similar to the Legion d'honneur of the great Emperor Napoleon, not harmful but helpful to the success of the service, but not a class or court privilege.†
Chpt 6
Definitions:
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(1)
(emulate) imitate (copy or match)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, emulate can mean to try to reach equality is some sense -- as in "This artists' drawings cannot emulate his water colors."