8 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
verb reproduce someone's behavior or looks
verb create a representation or model of
verb make a pretence of
originFirst attested in c. 1425, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English symulat(e), simulat(e), similat(e) (“feigned; similar”), borrowed from Latin simulātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
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