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imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"

state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"

represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"

put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"

To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.

To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.

To hold before one; to extend.

To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to.

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.

To put forward as an excuse or reason; make a false show of; to feign; to put forward a claim to.

To put forward a claim; to make a false show.

To hold out as a cloak for something else: to offer something feigned: to affect to feel.

To put in a claim.

PRETENDER.

To hold out an appearance of; feign; put in a claim.

To make believe.

To assume as character.

To hold out, as a false appearance; to show hypocritically; to counterfeit; to affect; to claim.

To put in a claim; to hold out appearances.

To hold out or allege to others something as true which is feigned or unreal; to assume or affect to feel; to claim or put in a claim; to hold out the appearance of possessing or performing.