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to emulate or vie with another; desirous of like excellence with another; -- with of; as, emulous of another's example or virtues.

In an emulous manner.

The quality of being emulous.

Shaking; shivering; quivering; as, a tremulous limb; a tremulous motion of the hand or the lips; the tremulous leaf of the poplar.

Emulously. [Obs.]

To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame. They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade. Thomson.

To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird. [Obs.] Chaucer.

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 or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another. The rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were all the while competing for European alliances. Bancroft.…

ing to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thi…

Having rivaling claims; emulous; in rivalry. [R.] Bp. Fleetwood.

Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous. [Obs.] "A most emulate pride." Shak.

To give forth a rudely quivering or tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly; as, the notes jarred on my ears. When such strings jar, what hope of harmony Shak. A string may jar in the best master's hand. Roscommon.

A shaking; a tremulous motion; as, the jarring of a steamship, caused by its engines.

A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle. "Many a warlike match." Drayton. A solemn match was made; he lost the prize. Dryden.

transacting business; comission. Whose glorious deeds, but in these fields of late, Made emulous missions' mongst the gods themselves. Shak.

A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering.

Shaky, or tremulous; quaking.

Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument

To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion; to tremble; to quake; to shudder; to shiver. The green leaves quiver with the cooling wind. Shak. And left the limbs still quivering on the ground. Addison.

To give a tremulous tone to; to trill; as, to shake a note in music.