Definition of pretended

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Pretended (a.) Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend..

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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..
Hocuspocus :: Hocuspocus (n.) A term used by jugglers in pretended incantations.
Soi-disant :: Soi-disant (a.) Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.
Simulate :: Simulate (a.) Feigned; pretended.
Pretensed :: Pretensed (a.) Pretended; feigned.
Stoicity :: Stoicism (n.) A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness.
True :: True (n.) Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian..
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..
Assentation :: Assentation (n.) Insincere, flattering, or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence..
Pretence :: Pretence (n.) That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint..
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..
Icon :: Icon (n.) An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
Assumed :: Assumed (a.) Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character..
Dogsleep :: Dogsleep (n.) Pretended sleep.
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..
Spoliation :: Spoliation (v. t.) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title..
Dudder :: Dudder (n.) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer..
Feigned :: Feigned (a.) Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false.
Pretended :: Pretended (imp. & p. p.) of Preten.
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