Emulate /(?)/

Em·u·late

Emulate

a.
  1. Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. [Obs.]

Emulate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Emulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Emulating

  1. 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.