simulate

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   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. 2
   adj

   Feigned; pretended.

   under simulate religion

3. 3
   verb

   make a pretence of

4. 4
   verb

   create a representation or model of

5. 5
   verb

   reproduce someone's behavior or looks

Etymology

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.