simular [sim-yuh-ler]Archaic. EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun a person or thing that simulates; pretender. adjective simulated; false; counterfeit. imitative; simulative. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of simular 1520–30; Latin simul(āre) to simulate + -ar2, -ar1 Related formsnon·sim·u·lar, noun, adjectiveun·sim·u·lar, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for simular Historical Examples of simular
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British Dictionary definitions for simular simular noun a person or thing that simulates or imitates; sham adjective fake; simulated Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for simular n.
1520s, “one who simulates,” irregularly formed (perhaps on the model of similar) from Latin simulare “to make like, imitate, copy, represent,” from stem of similis “like” (see similar). As an adjective, “simulated,” from 1610s.
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