emulous
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Cultivator of the gardens of the mind, himself the very bud and bloom of humanistic learning, he follows Socrates in having taken as his modus operandi the emulous pursuit of all that is most excellent.
From Time Magazine Archive
It drew together a very large number of young men emulous of these things; and few foreigners of culture came to Venice without seeking to be admitted to its sessions.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo
There is some little pecuniary advantage attached to the office of monitor, which makes them emulous to obtain it.
From Maria Edgeworth by Zimmern, Helen
English philosophy was too bashful, and should be more emulous in this field of competition.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
Ludolf was a swaggering bravo, emulous, at middle age, of the vices of profligate youth.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by
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