Definition of "simulate"

simulate

/ˈsɪm.jʊˌleɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present simulates, present participle simulating, simple past and past participle simulated
1. To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
adjective
comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate
1. (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.
  Quotations
  under simulate religion
  1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches