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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Cunningman :: Cunningman (n.) A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries.
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..
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender..
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..
Skepticize :: Skepticize (v. i.) To doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.
Dudder :: Dudder (n.) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer..
Witling :: Witling (n.) A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.
Spurious :: Spurious (a.) Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate..
Countenance :: Countenance (v. t.) To make a show of; to pretend.
Humble :: Humble (superl.) Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage..
Would-be :: Would-be (a.) Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet..
Pansophical :: Pansophical (a.) All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders..
Pedant :: Pedant (n.) One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.
Pretensed :: Pretensed (a.) Pretended; feigned.
Dogsleep :: Dogsleep (n.) Pretended sleep.
Grammaticaster :: Grammaticaster (n.) A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.
Pretendership :: Pretendership (n.) The character, right, or claim of a pretender..
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..
Simulate :: Simulate (a.) Feigned; pretended.
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..
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