'Simulate' definitions:

Definition of 'simulate'

From: WordNet
verb
Reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or older siblings" [syn: imitate, copy, simulate]
verb
Create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" [syn: model, simulate]
verb
Make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: simulate, assume, sham, feign]

Definition of 'Simulate'

From: GCIDE
  • Simulate \Sim"u*late\, a. [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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Simulate'

From: GCIDE
  • Simulate \Sim"u*late\, v. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'simulate'

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