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Webster 1913 Edition
Simulate
Sim′u-late
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Simulated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Simulating
.] To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit; to feign.
The Puritans, even in the depths of the dungeons to which she had sent them, prayed, and with no
simulated
fervor, that she might be kept from the dagger of the assassin. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Simulate
SIM'ULATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
simulate
simulate
English
Verb
simulate (third-person singular simple present simulates, present participle simulating, simple past and past participle simulated)
- To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of
- We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:imitate
Related terms
Translations
to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
See also
Adjective
simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)
- (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.
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External links
- simulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- simulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911