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Emulate

Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.

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Compete 76% connected

To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Contend 76% connected

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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Copy 76% connected

An abundance or plenty of anything.

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Imitate 76% connected

To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.

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Simulate 76% connected

Feigned; pretended.

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Vie 76% connected

To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.

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Ape 74% connected

A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouch…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Ape 74% connected

A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouch…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Emulation 74% connected

The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Emulation 74% connected

The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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