simulate

• POS: Adjective, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: sim=u=late

CIDE DICTIONARY

simulate, 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]

simulate, v. t. 

 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."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

simulate, v.tr.
1 a pretend to have or feel (an attribute or feeling). b pretend to be.
2 imitate or counterfeit.
3 a imitate the conditions of (a situation etc.), e.g. for training. b produce a computer model of (a process).
4 (as simulated adj.) made to resemble the real thing but not genuinely such (simulated fur).
5 (of a word) take or have an altered form suggested by (a word wrongly taken to be its source, e.g. amuck).

Derivative

simulation n. simulative adj.

Etymology

L simulare f. similis like

THESAURUS

simulate

act, act a part, act like, adopt, affect, ape, appear like, approach, appropriate, approximate, assume, be like, be redolent of, bear resemblance, bluff, borrow, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, chorus, come close, come near, compare with, copy, correspond, counterfeit, cover up, crib, derive from, dissemble, dissimulate, ditto, do, do a bit, do like, dramatize, echo, evoke, fake, favor, feature, feign, follow, forge, four-flush, gammon, go like, histrionize, hoke, hoke up, imitate, infringe, let on, let on like, look like, make a pretense, make like, make out like, make use of, match, mimic, mirror, mock, near, nearly reproduce, not tell apart, overact, parallel, partake of, pirate, plagiarize, play, play a part, play a scene, play possum, playact, pose, pretend, profess, put on, put on airs, reecho, reflect, remind one of, repeat, resemble, savor of, seem like, sham, smack of, sound like, stack up with, steal, suggest, take, take after, take on, take over, tug the heartstrings, wear

ROGET THESAURUS

simulate

Imitation

VB imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat, do like, echo, reecho, catch, transcribe, match, parallel, mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate, act, represent, counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature, lampoon, burlesque, follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of, take pattern by, follow suit, follow the example of, walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit, take after, model after, emulate.

Falsehood

VB be false, be a liar, speak falsely, tell a lie, lie, fib, lie like a trooper, swear false, forswear, perjure oneself, bear false witness, misstate, misquote, miscite, misreport, misrepresent, belie, falsify, pervert, distort, put a false construction upon (misinterpret), prevaricate, equivocate, quibble, palter, palter to the understanding, repondre en Normand, trim, shuffle, fence, mince the truth, beat about the bush, blow hot and cold, play fast and loose, garble, gloss over, disguise, give a color to, give a gloss, put a gloss, put false coloring upon, color, varnish, cook, dress up, embroider, varnish right and puzzle wrong, exaggerate, blague, invent, fabricate, trump up, get up, force, fake, hatch, concoct, romance, cry 'wolf!', dissemble, dissimulate, feign, assume, put on, pretend, make believe, play possum, play false, play a double game, coquet, act a part, play a part, affect, simulate, pass off for, counterfeit, sham, make a show of, malinger, say the grapes are sour, cant, play the hypocrite, sham Abraham, faire pattes de velours, put on the mask, clean the outside of the platter, lie like a conjuror, hand out false colors, hold out false colors, sail under false colors, commend the poisoned chalice to the lips, ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces, deceive.