Definition of pretend

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

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Pansophical :: Pansophical (a.) All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders..
Homely :: Homely (n.) Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners..
Hocuspocus :: Hocuspocus (n.) A term used by jugglers in pretended incantations.
False :: False (a.) To feign; to pretend to make.
Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant..
Simular :: Simular (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender..
Pythonic :: Pythonic (a.) Prophetic; oracular; pretending to foretell events.
Pseudo- :: Pseudo- () A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle; pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively..
Strokesman :: Stroker (n.) One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking..
Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infalliable remedies; a quack doctor..
Pretended :: Pretended (imp. & p. p.) of Preten.
Pretended :: Pretended (a.) Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend..
Dissimulate :: Dissimulate (a.) Feigning; simulating; pretending.
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..
Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..
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..
Assentation :: Assentation (n.) Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence..
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..
Sanctimony :: Sanctimony (n.) Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness..
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..
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