Both Uses of
simulate
in
Jane Eyre
- If you think so, you must have a strange opinion of me; you must regard me as a plotting profligate — a base and low rake who has been simulating disinterested love in order to draw you into a snare deliberately laid, and strip you of honour and rob you of self —respect.†
p. 346.0 *simulating = making an imitation or representation of
- I was now too fond of you often to simulate the first whim; and, when I stretched my hand out cordially, such bloom and light and bliss rose to your young, wistful features, I had much ado often to avoid straining you then and there to my heart.†
p. 362.7
Definition:
make an imitation or representation of