| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | sim·u·late |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s m y -l t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: sim·u·lat·ed, sim·u·lat·ing, sim·u·lates
1a. To have or take on the appearance, form, or sound of; imitate. b. To make in imitation of or as a substitute for. See synonyms at imitate. 2. To make a pretense of; feign: simulate interest. 3. To create a representation or model of (a physical system or particular situation, for example). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin simulre, simult-, from similis, like. See similar. | | OTHER FORMS: | simu·lative —ADJECTIVE
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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