ˈsɪmjuleɪt 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). øøsimulation n. simulative adj. [L simulare f. similis like]