▪ pretend to have or feel (an emotion): "it was impossible to force a smile, to simulate pleasure"Similarfeignpretendfakeshamaffectput oncounterfeitgo through the motions ofgive the appearance of
▪ produce a computer model of:"future population changes were simulated by computer"
Word Originmid 17th century (earlier (Middle English) as simulation): from Latin simulat- ‘copied, represented’, from the verb simulare, from similis ‘like’.