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simular, n. and a.|ˈsɪmjʊlə(r)|
[irreg. f. L. simul-āre to simulate + -ar, perh. suggested by similar a.
Some examples (in the 17th and 18th cents.) of simular, simularity, simularly, in the sense of similar, etc., are app. mere misprints or individual errors.]
A. n. One who, or that which, simulates, or puts on a false appearance (of something).
1526Tindale Prol. Romans a ij b, Christ..rebuketh the Phareses.., and calleth them ypocrites, that is to saye Simulars. 1605Shakes. Lear iii. ii. 54 Hide thee, thou Bloudy hand; Thou Periur'd, and thou Simular [Qq. simular man] of Vertue: That art Incestuous. 1791Cowper Odyss. xiii. 95 His eye-lids, soon, sleep, falling as a dew, Closed fast, death's simular, in sight the same. 1809Malkin Gil Blas vi. i. ⁋13 Telling us how this simular of a Catholic is more than ever wedded to his Jewish customs and ceremonies.
B. adj. Simulated, pretended, counterfeited. Also, simulative of something.
1611Shakes. Cymb. v. v. 200, I return'd with simular proofe enough, To make the Noble Leonatus mad. 1847Emerson Poems Wks. (Bohn) I. 439 As in the old poetic fame The gods are blind and lame, And the simular despite Betrays the more abounding might. a1859De Quincey Posth. Wks. (1893) II. 247 That auburn wig which was presumed by its wearer to be simular of native curls. |
