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Pretension :: Pretension (n.) A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship..

Sham :: Sham (v. t.) To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.

Assume :: Assume (v. t.) To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.

Sere :: Sere (a.) [OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. ay`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. Ã152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves..

Grain :: Grain (n.) To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate..

Crystal :: Crystal (n.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization..

Undertake :: Undertake (v. i.) To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province..

Assumptive :: Assumptive (a.) Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims..

Pastoral :: Pastoral (n.) A poem describing the life and manners of shepherds; a poem in which the speakers assume the character of shepherds; an idyl; a bucolic.

Imbody :: Imbody (v. i.) To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See Embody.

Renunciation :: Renunciation (n.) Formal declination to take out letters of administration, or to assume an office, privilege, or right..

Indivisible :: Indivisible (n.) An infinitely small quantity which is assumed to admit of no further division.

Languish :: Languish (v. i.) To assume an expression of weariness or tender grief, appealing for sympathy..

Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form..

Classicalism :: Classicalism (n.) Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.

Impropriate :: Impropriate (v. t.) To appropriate to one's self; to assume.

Assumed :: Assumed (imp. & p. p.) of Assum.

Role :: Role (n.) A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of philanthropist..

Personage :: Personage (n.) Character assumed or represented.

Presume :: Presume (v. t.) To assume or take beforehand; esp., to do or undertake without leave or authority previously obtained..

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