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Pretending :: Pretending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preten.

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..

Pretend :: Pretend (v. i.) To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep..

Philosophist :: Philosophist (n.) A pretender in philosophy.

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

Feigner :: Feigner (n.) One who feigns or pretends.

Corival :: Corival (v. t.) To rival; to pretend to equal.

Dissimulate :: Dissimulate (v. i.) To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

Icon :: Icon (n.) An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.

Pretendence :: Pretendence (n.) The act of pretending; pretense.

Conjurer :: Conjurer (n.) One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand..

Wiseling :: Wiseling (n.) One who pretends to be wise; a wiseacre; a witling.

Pretendant :: Pretendant (n.) A pretender; a claimant.

Pretend :: 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..

Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.

Strokesman :: Stroker (n.) One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking..

True :: True (n.) Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian..

Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender..

Illuminate :: Illuminate (n.) One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge..

Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who pretends, simulates, or feigns..

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