adsimulatio

assĭmŭlātĭo (better ads-, not assĭ-mĭlātĭo; v. assimulo fin. ), ōnis, f. [id.], an assimilating.

I.

A being similar, similarity, likeness:

prodigiosa adsimulatio,

Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 262.—

II.

In rhet., a feigned adoption of the opinion of one's hearers: est (adsimulatio) cum id, quod scimus facile omnes audituros, dicimus nos timere, quomodo accipiant; sed tamen veritate commoveri, ut nihilo setius dicamus, Auct. ad Her. 4, 37, 49.—

III.

A comparison of one thing with others:

dolosa,

Dig. 2, 18, 19, § 24; Cod. Th. 16, 2, § 18.