simulates is a form of:

Simulate



verbpast tense: simulated ; past participle: simulated ; present participle: simulating ;
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(TRANSITIVE) (to reproduce the conditions of situation as by means of, a model, to pretend to have or feel, to initiate the from or condition of, to give a false appearance of, to reproduce the conditions of (a situation) to look or act like) simulate battle conditions ធ្វើឲ្យដូច, simulate surprise ធ្វើជា, ពុតជាមាន
ENGLISH MEANING
verbpast tense: simulated ; past participle: simulated ; present participle: simulating ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit; to feign.
1.
Feigned, pretended