Definition of pretend

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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..

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Divination :: Divination (n.) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.
Backare :: Backare (interj.) Stand back! give place! -- a cant word of the Elizabethan writers, probably in ridicule of some person who pretended to a knowledge of Latin which he did not possess..
Illuminate :: Illuminate (n.) One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge..
Pretension :: Pretension (n.) The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title..
Cunningman :: Cunningman (n.) A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries.
Pythonic :: Pythonic (a.) Prophetic; oracular; pretending to foretell events.
Feign :: Feign (v. t.) To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness..
Consequential :: Consequential (a.) Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4..
Psilosopher :: Psilosopher (n.) A superficial or narrow pretender to philosophy; a sham philosopher.
Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate.
Feigner :: Feigner (n.) One who feigns or pretends.
Philosophaster :: Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy.
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..
Pretender :: Pretender (n.) The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law..
Spoliation :: Spoliation (v. t.) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title..
Assumer :: Assumer (n.) One who assumes, arrogates, pretends, or supposes..
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..
Sham :: Sham (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight..
Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..
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