Defn: See Simulacrum. [Obs.]
SIMULACRUM
Sim`u*la"crum, n.; pl. Simulacra. Etym: [L. See Simulate.]
Defn: A likeness; a semblance; a mock appearance; a sham; — now usually in a derogatory sense. Beneath it nothing but a great simulacrum. Thackeray.
SIMULAR
Sim"u*lar, n. Etym: [Cf. L. simulator, F. simulateur. See Simulate.]
Defn: One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender. [Obs.] Shak. Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to say, simulars, and painted sepulchers. Tyndale.
SIMULAR
Sim"u*lar, a.
Defn: False; specious; counterfeit. [R. & Obs.] "Thou simular man of virtue." Shak.
SIMULATE Sim"u*late, a. Etym: [L. simulatus, p. p. of simulare to simulate; akin to simul at the same time, together, similis like. See Similar, and cf. Dissemble, Semblance.]
Defn: Feigned; pretended. Bale.
SIMULATE
Sim"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Simulated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Simulating.]