aemule
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English
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -uːl
Verb
[edit]aemule (third-person singular simple present aemules, present participle aemuling, simple past and past participle aemuled)
- Obsolete form of emulate (“to emulate”).
- 1595, Ed. Spencer [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “Colin Clouts Come Home Againe”, in Colin Clouts Come Home Againe, London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- æmuled of many
Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]aemule