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simulate

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  simulate 
  v  1:  produce  a  copy  of  "she  copied  the  famous  painting"  [syn:  {imitate}, 
  {copy}] 
  2:  enact  or  perform  again  "They  reenacted  the  battle  of 
  Princeton"  [syn:  {model},  {reenact}] 
  3:  make  a  pretence  of  "She  assumed  indifference,  even  though 
  she  was  seething  with  anger";  "he  feigned  sleep"  [syn:  {assume}, 
  {sham},  {feign}]




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