*simulat*

n. [ L. assimulatio, equiv. to assimilatio. ] Assimilation. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dissimulatus, p. p. of dissimulare. See Dissemble. ] Feigning; simulating; pretending. [ Obs. ] Henryson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To dissemble; to feign; to pretend. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive.
Syn. -- dissembling, dissimulative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. dissimulatio: cf. F. dissimulation. ] The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let love be without dissimulation. Rom. xii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that he is not that he is. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who dissimulates; a dissembler. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. insimulatus, p. p. of insimulare to accuse. ] To accuse. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. simulatus, p. p. of simulare to simulate; akin to simul at the same time, together, similis like. See Similar, and cf. Dissemble, Semblance. ] Feigned; pretended. Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Simulated p. pr. & vb. n. Simulating. ] To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit; to feign. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Puritans, even in the depths of the dungeons to which she had sent them, prayed, and with no simulated fervor, that she might be kept from the dagger of the assassin. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. simulation, L. simulatio. ] The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Counterfeiting; feint; pretense. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who simulates, or feigns. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]