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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Pretension :: Pretension (n.) The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title..
Obtend :: Obtend (v. t.) To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend.
Sciolist :: Sciolist (n.) One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.
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..
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..
Assumed :: Assumed (a.) Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character..
Pyromantic :: Pyromantic (n.) One who pretends to divine by fire.
Consequential :: Consequential (a.) Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4..
Magic :: Magic (a.) A comprehensive name for all of the pretended arts which claim to produce effects by the assistance of supernatural beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc..
Dissimulate :: Dissimulate (a.) Feigning; simulating; pretending.
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..
Dogsleep :: Dogsleep (n.) Pretended sleep.
Theologaster :: Theologaster (n.) A pretender or quack in theology.
Pretendant :: Pretendant (n.) A pretender; a claimant.
Reformalize :: Reformalize (v. i.) To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
Quack :: Quack (n.) Hence, one who boastfully pretends to skill or knowledge of any kind not possessed; a charlatan..
Theurgist :: Theurgist (n.) One who pretends to, or is addicted to, theurgy..
Icon :: Icon (n.) An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
Pretensed :: Pretensed (a.) Pretended; feigned.
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