simulation

[Fr. from Lat. simulationem. acc us. of simulatio = an appearance falsely a umed, from simul at us =simulate (q.v.); Sp. simu lacion: Ital. simul azione.] The act of simulating, or of pretending to be what one is not; the act of a uming a deceitful character or appearance. " Simulation is put on that we may look into the cards of another, whereas di imulation intends nothing more than to hide our own." Bolingbroke: Idea of a Patriot King. Simulation and di imulation differ in that the former is the deceitful a umption of a false character, the latter is the concealment of the true character. feigns. *sim-u-lā-tör, s. [Lat.] One who simulates or "They are merely simulators of the part they sustain." - De Quincey: Autob . Sketches , i. 200. *sim-u-la-tor-y, a . [ Lat.simulator i us .] Consisting in or characterized by simulation. "Jehoram wisely suspects this flight of the Syrians to be but simulatory , and politicke only to draw Israel out of their citie." - Bp . Hall: Famine of Samaria. sim-u-1ld-I-um, s. [Mod. Lat. dim in. from simulium (q. v.).] Palæont.: A genus of Diptera, akin to Simulium from the Purbeck beds.