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Definition of pretend

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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..

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Pretence :: Pretence (n.) That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint..

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

Duplicity :: Duplicity (n.) Doubleness of heart or speech; insincerity; a sustained form of deception which consists in entertaining or pretending to entertain one of feelings, and acting as if influenced by another; bad faith..

Pretension :: Pretension (n.) The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title..

Simular :: Simular (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender..

Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.

Countenance :: Countenance (v. t.) To make a show of; to pretend.

Abelonian :: Abelonian (n.) One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel..

Humble :: Humble (superl.) Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage..

Dogsleep :: Dogsleep (n.) Pretended sleep.

Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant..

Philosophaster :: Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy.

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..

Affecter :: Affecter (n.) One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after..

Feigned :: Feigned (a.) Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false.

Pretended :: Pretended (imp. & p. p.) of Preten.

Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..

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

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

Hypocrite :: Hypocrite (n.) One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety..