† insimulatev.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To charge, accuse.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)]
edwitec825
witec893
accuseOE
bespeaka1000
forwrayOE
atwiteOE
blamea1300
impugn1377
publishc1384
defamea1387
appeach1430
becryc1440
surmisea1485
arguea1522
infame1531
insimulate1532
note1542
tax1548
resperse1551
finger-point1563
chesoun1568
touch1570
disclaim1590
impeach1590
intent1613
question1620
accriminate1641
charge1785
cheek1877
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 340/1 These..heretikes haue of longe whyle neither letted, nor ceased, falsly to insimulate & accuse the churche of god.
1610 J. Forbes Certaine Rec. (1846) ii. xi. 519 The holy ministrie are insimulat..as restless and unquiet spirits.
1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 38 Not sparing to insimulate his own General the Earl of Manchester of the same prevarications.
2. To feign, simulate. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [verb (intransitive)]
letc1000
faitc1330
counterfeitc1374
dissimulec1374
feignc1400
showc1405
supposea1450
fare1483
simule?a1500
dissemble1523
pretend1526
frame1545
cloakc1572
jouk1573
pretent1582
disguisea1586
devise1600
semble1603
coin1607
insimulate1623
fox1646
sham1787
dissimulate1796
gammon1819
to let on1822
simulate1823
possum1832
simulacrize1845
to put on an act1929
to put on (also up) a show1937
prat1967
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Insimulate, to faine, to dissemble.
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