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Webster 1913 Edition


Simulate

Sim′u-late

,
Adj.
[L.
simulatus
, p. p. of
simulare
to simulate; akin to
simul
at the same time, together,
similis
like. See
Similar
, and cf.
Dissemble
,
Semblance
.]
Feigned; pretended.
Bale.

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.
[L. simulo, from similis, like.] To feign; to counterfeits; to assume the mere appearance of something, without the reality. The wicked often simulate the virtuous and good.

Definition 2024


simulate

simulate

English

Verb

simulate (third-person singular simple present simulates, present participle simulating, simple past and past participle simulated)

  1. 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

See also

Adjective

simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)

  1. (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bale to this entry?)

External links

  • simulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • simulate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Italian

Adjective

simulate

  1. feminine plural of simulato

Verb

simulate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of simulare
  2. second-person plural imperative of simulare
  3. feminine plural of simulato

Anagrams


Latin

Verb

simulāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of simulō

References

  • simulate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers