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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.

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