simulate

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So that's what we're trying to simulate -- not Chris specifically, I should say, but humans in general.

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  1. transitive verb To have or take on the appearance, form, or sound of; imitate.
  2. transitive verb To make in imitation of or as a substitute for. See Synonyms at imitate.
  3. transitive verb To make a pretense of; feign: simulate interest.
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  • So that's what we're trying to simulate -- not Chris specifically, I should say, but humans in general. —  Torsten Reil builds better animations
  • Dror developed an artificial neural network that can simulate, and hopefully illuminate, the dazzling perceptual feats of bats. —  Omni: March 1995
  • Most relevant to the WTC7 building investigation is that all of the steel [which they now attempt to use computers to simulate, as if that was an acceptable forensic substitute] was disappeared from history, and melted down in Asia - ILLEGALLY - and without any justification whatsoever. —  Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
  • Ipsos helps interpret, simulate, and anticipate the needs and responses of consumers, customers, and citizens around the world. —  Marketwire - Breaking News Releases
  • Sports games usually translate their vocabulary from the real world sport they simulate, and so don't have IP-supportive vocabulary. —  Gamasutra Feature Articles
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Latin simulāre, simulāt-, from similis, like; see similar.

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  1. from Latin simulatus, past participle of simulare, also similare (later Italian simulare =Spanish Portuguese Provencal simular =F. simuler), make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign, from similis, like: see similar. Cf. dissimulate.
  2. from Latin simulatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/ˈsɪmjuleɪt/
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