Middle English Dictionary Entry
simū̆lāt(e adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | simū̆lāt(e adj. Also similat(e. |
| Etymology | L simulātus, similātus, p.ppl. of simulāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Feigned, false, deceptive; (b) similar in appearance, like.
Associated quotations
a
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.15/6 : They..prouokid hym with despitis, bygilid hym with symulate frendschippis.
- (1435) Misyn FL (Corp-O 236)4/27 : Þai treuly þat ryches hepys..some-tyme in myrth of heuenly lufe ar not worþi to be gladded, þof all þai fene, be deuocion not holy bot similate, þameself to fele in þer dises some þingis of þat felicite.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)969 : I wyl not tellyn now what accyoun He feynyd the patryark to pursu, And how & be what similat faccyoun Meche peple to hys fauour he dreu.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)38 : Men myth ask her whi our lord suffered þese wikked spiritis þus to apper, and þus undir simulat religioun.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)140.22 (v.2:p.393) : Oon cam to pope Gaius and offeryd hym to hym wyth simulat feyth, pretendyng to byn a cristene man.
b
- c1450 Treat.Perf.(Add 37790)234/17 : This stone it is rede with a schynynge witnesse, to the lyknesse of a flawme of fyre..This litel whyte stone is symulate [L similis] to a flawme of fyre, for burnynge loue of the euerlastynge worde hase sacyate alle the worlde with charite.