The Collaborative International Dictionary
Emulate \Em"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emulating.] To strive to equal or to excel in qualities or actions; to imitate, with a view to equal or to outdo, to vie with; to rival; as, to emulate the good and the great.
Thine eye would emulate the diamond.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of emulate English)
Usage examples of "emulating".
Sesame handled this one by emulating a fire-breathing dragon who might set fire to the cloud of gas.
Then the face of Spirit came on: Forta, emulating her with uncanny precision.
Later Spirit learned that Forta had been abducted, but that Hope had managed to exchange places with her, emulating her while she emulated him and escaped.
She had substituted for Spirit, emulating her during her absence, serving as secretary, and that was all.
This Forta was emulating the original Forta, complete with her ignorance.
I had seen no wisdom in emulating his set routines and mental exercises designed to prepare a student to Skill.
Wix she took a fresh cue, emulating her governess and bridging over the interval with the simple expectation of trust.
Familiar as she had grown with the fact of the great alternative to the proper, she felt in her governess and her father a strong reason for not emulating that detachment.
Children learned adult behavior by emulating their parents, and sexual behavior was just one of many activities they mimicked.