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emulate
1. v. (now rare) To attempt to equal or be the same as.
2. v. To copy or imitate, especially a person.
3. v. (obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
4. v. (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
5. adj. (obsolete) Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.

Example Sentences

Those two old farts you want to emulate?

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