simulate

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English symulat (“feigned, similar”), from Latin simulātus, past participle of simulō (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”), from similis (“like”). See similar.

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.

adj

  1. (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.
    under simulate religion 1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches

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