Definition of "simulate" [sim•u•late]

• To have or take on the appearance, form, or sound of; imitate. (verb-transitive)
• To make in imitation of or as a substitute for. See Synonyms at imitate. (verb-transitive)
• To make a pretense of; feign: simulate interest. (verb-transitive)
• To create a representation or model of (a physical system or particular situation, for example). (verb-transitive)

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• "Frasca says that to simulate is to model a (source) system through a different system which maintains to somebody some of the behaviors of the original system. ["
• "It could as well have been processed wood pulp, or peanut shells, or coffee bean hulls, made in patented ways to "simulate" - tobacco "" that is, to lie by its appearance."
• "I use these markers to create this red region, which is the part that I want to make a ringtone out of, and I hit this button called simulate ringtone just to check it."