Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Simulate \Sim"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Simulated}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Simulating}.]
   To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to
   assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit;
   to feign.

         The Puritans, even in the depths of the dungeons to
         which she had sent them, prayed, and with no simulated
         fervor, that she might be kept from the dagger of the
         assassin.                                --Macaulay.