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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1563-1595
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Emulation, -acion, n. [e.m.E. (1562), L. æmulātio.] Emulation. —1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 10.
To encourage other … to emulation 1595 Colville Lett. 160.
Former emulacions are not quenched … which hes agane quikned the emulacions forsaid