emulation (2 is the most freq. S. use)
1.
endeavour or
ambition to equal or excel Cor. I. x. 12, Lucr. 1808.
2.
ambitious or jealous
rivalry, contention between rivals
1H6 IV. i. 113
“Such factious
e-s,”
R3 II. iii. 25, Troil. II. ii. 212,
Cæs. II. iii. 14.
3.
grudge against the
superiority of others
Troil. I. iii. 134
“an envious fever Of
pale and bloodless ”
