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† inˈsimulate, v. Obs. Also 7 insimulat; pa. pple. insimulat. [f. L. insimulāt-, ppl. stem of insimulā-re to bring a plausible charge against, accuse, f. in- (in-2) + simulāre to make like, simulate. In sense 2, f. in-2 + simulate v.] 1. trans. To charge, accuse.
1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 340/1 These..heretikes haue of longe whyle neither letted, nor ceased, falsly to insimulate & accuse the churche of god. 1610J. Forbes Cert. Rec. ii. xi. (1846) 519 The holy ministrie are insimulat..as restless and unquiet spirits. 1663Flagellum or O. Cromwell (1672) 38 Not sparing to insimulate his own General the Earl of Manchester of the same prevarications. 2. To feign, simulate. rare—0.
1623Cockeram, Insimulate, to faine, to dissemble. |