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Simulate
//ˈsɪm.jəˌleɪt// adj, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Feigned; pretended. obsolete
"under simulate religion"
Verb
- 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."
- 2 make a pretence of wordnet
- 3 create a representation or simulation of wordnet
- 4 reproduce someone's behavior or looks wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
First attested in 1652; Borrowed from Latin simulātus, perfect passive participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from similis (“like”). See similar.
Etymology 2
First attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English symulat(e), simulat(e), similat(e) (“feigned; similar”), borrowed from Latin simulātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
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