Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.