Definition of pretend

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Pretend (v. t.) To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

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Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
Bushwhacker :: Bushwhacker (n.) A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers..
Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..
Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship..
Pretensed :: Pretensed (a.) Pretended; feigned.
Feigned :: Feigned (a.) Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false.
Pythonic :: Pythonic (a.) Prophetic; oracular; pretending to foretell events.
Illuminate :: Illuminate (n.) One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge..
Divinity :: Divinity (a.) A pretended deity of pagans; a false god.
Pedant :: Pedant (n.) One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
Pretence :: Pretence (n.) That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint..
Malingerer :: Malingerer (n.) In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability..
True :: True (n.) Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian..
Pretendership :: Pretendership (n.) The character, right, or claim of a pretender..
Politicaster :: Politicaster (n.) A petty politician; a pretender in politics.
Spurious :: Spurious (a.) Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate..
Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant..
Dudder :: Dudder (n.) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer..
Cunningman :: Cunningman (n.) A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries.
Assume :: Assume (v. t.) To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.
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