simulate
English
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English symulat (“feigned, similar”), from Latin simulātus, past participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”), from similis (“like”). See similar.
Pronunciation
Verb
simulate (third-person singular simple present simulates, present participle simulating, simple past and past participle simulated)
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:imitate
Derived terms
Translations
to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior
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See also
Adjective
simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)
- (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.
- 1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches:
- under simulate religion
Further reading
- “simulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “simulate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Italian
Verb
simulate
- inflection of simulare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Anagrams
Latin
References
- “simulate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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