"emulative" meaning in English

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          "text": "It took four men, all four ablaze with gorgeous decoration, and the Chief of them unable to exist with fewer than two gold watches in his pocket, emulative of the noble and chaste fashion set by Monseigneur, to conduct the happy chocolate to Monseigneur's lips.",
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          "word": "emulador"
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      "sense": "having a tendency to emulate others",
      "word": "emulador"
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      "sense": "having a tendency to emulate others",
      "word": "emulador"
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