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).
Derivatives:
simulation n. simulative adj.
Etymology: L simulare f. similis like
Useful english dictionary. 2012.