simulate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb reproduce someone's behavior or looks
    imitate; copy.
    • The mime imitated the passers-by
    • Children often copy their parents or older siblings
  2. verb create a representation or model of
    model.
    • The pilots are trained in conditions simulating high-altitude flights
  3. verb make a pretence of
    assume; feign; sham.
    • She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger
    • he feigned sleep

WordNet

Sim"u*late adjective
Etymology
L. simulatus, p. p. of simulare to simulate; akin to simul at the same time, together, similis like. See Similar, and cf. Dissemble, Semblance.
Definitions
  1. Feigned; pretended. Bale.
Sim"u*late transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Simulated ; present participle & verbal noun Simulating
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913