Definition of pretend

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Pretend (v. i.) To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to..

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Affecter :: Affecter (n.) One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after..
Reformalize :: Reformalize (v. i.) To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.
Grammaticaster :: Grammaticaster (n.) A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.
Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
Theurgist :: Theurgist (n.) One who pretends to, or is addicted to, theurgy..
Pedant :: Pedant (n.) One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
Spoliation :: Spoliation (v. t.) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title..
Assume :: Assume (v. t.) To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.
Pretend :: Pretend (v. i.) To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to..
Strokesman :: Stroker (n.) One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking..
Spurious :: Spurious (a.) Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate..
Homely :: Homely (n.) Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners..
Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.
Pretendence :: Pretendence (n.) The act of pretending; pretense.
Dissimulate :: Dissimulate (v. i.) To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
Countenance :: Countenance (v. t.) To make a show of; to pretend.
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..
Assumed :: Assumed (a.) Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character..
Dogsleep :: Dogsleep (n.) Pretended sleep.
Empiric :: Empiric (n.) One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan..
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