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verb (used with object)
1.
to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
2.
to make a pretense of; feign: to simulate knowledge.
3.
to assume or have the appearance or characteristics of: He simulated the manners of the rich.
adjective
4.
Archaic. simulated.
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Simulating
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin simulātus (past participle of simulāre), equivalent to simul- (variant of simil-, base of similis similar) + -ātus -ate1
1400–50; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin simulātus (past participle of simulāre), equivalent to simul- (variant of simil-, base of similis similar) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
sim·u·la·tive·ly, adverb
non·sim·u·late, adjective
non·sim·u·la·tive, adjective
un·sim·u·lat·ed, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
2. pretend, counterfeit. 3. affect.
2. pretend, counterfeit. 3. affect.
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Word Origin & History
simulate
1622 (implied in simulated), from L. simulatus, pp. of simulare (see simulation). First record of simulated in sense of "imitative for purposes of experiment or training" is from 1966.
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