Definition of pretend

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Pretend (v. t.) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden..

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Perfectionist :: Perfectionist (n.) One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life..
Humble :: Humble (superl.) Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage..
Feigner :: Feigner (n.) One who feigns or pretends.
Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.
Spoliation :: Spoliation (v. t.) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title..
Pretence :: Pretence (n.) That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint..
Pansophical :: Pansophical (a.) All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders..
Impostor :: Impostor (n.) One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender..
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
Divinity :: Divinity (a.) A pretended deity of pagans; a false god.
Affecter :: Affecter (n.) One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after..
Dissimulate :: Dissimulate (a.) Feigning; simulating; pretending.
Simulate :: Simulate (a.) Feigned; pretended.
Preterition :: Preterition (n.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just. Called also paraleipsis..
Corival :: Corival (v. t.) To rival; to pretend to equal.
Affected :: Affected (p. p. & a.) Given to false show; assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real.
Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..
Pretex :: Pretex (v. t.) To frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse; hence, to pretend; to declare falsely..
Reformalize :: Reformalize (v. i.) To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.
Philosophaster :: Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy.
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