Simulate is defined as to imitate or take on the look of something.
(verb)An example of to simulate is for a car video game to act just like driving a real car.
See simulate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb simulated, simulating
Origin: < L simulatus, pp. of simulare, to feign < simul, together with, at the same time: see same
adjective
See simulate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
transitive verb sim·u·lat·ed, sim·u·lat·ing, sim·u·lates
Origin:
Origin: Latin simulāre, simulāt-
Origin: , from similis, like; see similar
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