Both Uses
emulate
in
Watership Down
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- He knew how to encourage other rabbits and to fill them with a spirit of emulation.†
p. 306.7 *emulation = imitation
- Woundwort believed in emulation and he let it be known that there would be plenty of chances to win rewards.†
p. 418.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(emulate) imitate (copy or match)
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(2)
(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."