Verb

(oppos)

To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand.

to oppose''' the king in battle; to '''oppose a bill in Congress

There is still time to oppose this plan.

To object to.

Many religious leaders oppose cloning humans.

To present or set up in opposition; to pose.

They are opposed to any form of hierarchy.

* John Locke

I may oppose my single opinion to his.

* 1839 , Philip Meadows Taylor, Confessions of a Thug

[T]hree walls had been left standing, with large intervals between each; and they would certainly oppose a most formidable interruption to an invader.

To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

* Shakespeare

Her grace sat down / In a rich chair of state; opposing freely / The beauty of her person to the people.

To compete with; to strive against.

to oppose a rival for a prize

* Shakespeare

I am too weak / To oppose your cunning.

Verb

(emulat)

To attempt to equal or be the same as.

To copy or imitate, especially a person.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.}}

(obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.

* 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 146:

But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].

(computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device