simulare

1 simulare [CL] 1 to have the external features of, to present a strong resemblance to, to imitate. b (w. double acc.) to make (something) like (something else). c (pass., w. dat.) to be made to resemble. 9‥ ~are, giliccetton [i. e. gelicettan] WW; vestitu et baculo qui pontificem ~aret W. Malm. GP V 269.  b setosi Sarracenos magis se quam Christianos ~ant Ord. Vit. XI 11 p. 208.  c incensum in conspectu divine majestatis turificatur, quod porrectarum elevationi manuum ~atur [gl.: equiperatur, comparatur] et sacrificio serotino equiperatur Aldh. VirgP 60; dies judicii hiemis ~atur frigoribus Bede Prov. 960C. 2 to copy (in action), imitate. b to appear to have. his tribus diebus sepulturam Domini celebramus, et ideo in divinis officiis tristiciam discipulorum ~amus Hon. Spec. Eccl. 928A; strucio et hujusmodi aves carnose ~ant [ME: makeð semblant] volatum; alas percuciunt sed pedes non elevantur a terra AncrR 41.  b aspicit infantum ponti per litora turmas / mistica dona Dei ludo simulare stupendo Aldh. VirgV 982. 3 to give the impression of, pretend the existence of. b (w. acc. & inf. or ellipt.) to pretend or give the impression that. c (w. quasi & inf.) to pretend to. fatigatus strato se projecit, capessende quietis ~ans occasionem. deinde secreto se subtrahens ‥ disparuit A. Tewk. Add. Thom. 14; qui ‥ in ipso doloris articulo gaudium ~at Gir. TH III 12.  b quod cunctus populus clamitat nescire se ~ant Bede Sam. 516B; quasi tecum ire approbando propositum se ~abit [diabolus] sed juxta iter laqueos ponere ‥ non cessabit Anselm (Ep. 101) III 233; Abraham ‥ cum in Egipto uxorem ~asset sororem M. Par. Maj. I 7; ~at se nichil scire de filio Trevet Troades 40.  c vir sanctus ~avit quasi visitare eos (Barrus 15) VSH I 73. 4 to produce a misleading or fraudulent imitation of, feign, simulate. b (w. fugam) to feign flight. c (p. ppl. as adj.) pretended, feigned, simulated. saepe simplicitatem ~at et justitiam ‥ cum sit ‥ inter reprobos aestimatus Bede Prov. 982B; 786 ut coram hominibus ‥ abstinentes ~emur (v. gluttire 2a); inanis gloria cor hominis intrat illudque virtutis genus exterius ~at Simil. Anselmi 96; est sol conformis vero, falsoque Silena, / que lucem simulat J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 1130; si petens furiosus vel non sane mentis ‥ quod ‥ actum fuerit ‥ ratum erit ‥ sive furorem ~averint sive non Bracton f. 420v.  b ~antibus fugam hostibus Bede HE IV 24 p. 266; nec Franci ~atam fugam omisere donec ad planitiem ‥ pervenirent W. Malm. GR IV 376.  c ~ato [gl.: ficto] hymenei commercio Aldh. VirgP 35; intravit ‥ quasi nuntium domini sui referens; et cum ~atam legationem ore astuto volveret Bede HE II 9 p. 99; nec ‥ bonum in eo ~ate sanctitatis ‥ fuit W. Malm. GP IV 139; fucum similate religionis / dampnat [Christus] Gower VC IV 47. 5 to disguise, conceal (cf. dissimulare). sexum simulans posset tonsura virilis / hac ratione rudi sic occultare latentem Aldh. VirgV 1893; erumpentibus lacrymis dolorem cordis ~are [ed. dissimulare] non valens Eadmer HN p. 42.

2 simulare [CL simul+-are; cf. AN assembler, ME semblen], to pile up. aoster, augmentare, similare, multiplicare, aggregare Gl. AN Ox. f. 153.