Pretend

[prɪ'tend] or [prɪ'tɛnd]

Definition

(verb.) put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; 'pretend the title of King'.

Inputed by Dan--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

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

(v. t.) To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship.

(v. t.) To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.

(v. t.) To hold before one; to extend.

(v. i.) 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.

(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.

Typed by Lena

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Feign, affect, simulate, counterfeit, sham.

v. n. Make believe, make a show, profess falsely.

Checker: Melva

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Feign, similate, offer, allege, exhibit, propound, affect, profess

ANT:Verify, unmask, detect, test, substantiate, refute

Checker: Rudolph

Definition

v.t. to hold out as a cloak for something else: to lay claim to: to attempt undertake: to offer as true something that is not so: to affect to feel: (obs.) to offer present.—v.i. to put in a claim: to make-believe.—ns. Pretence′ something pretended: appearance or show to hide reality: false show or reason: pretext: assumption: claim; Preten′dant -ent a pretender.—adjs. Preten′ded Preten′sed ostensible assumed.—adv. Preten′dedly.—ns. Preten′der; Preten′dership.—adv. Preten′dingly.—n. Preten′sion act of pretending: something pretended: false or fictitious appearance: claim either true or false.—adj. Preten′tious marked by or containing pretence: claiming more than is warranted: presumptuous: arrogant.—adv. Preten′tiously in a pretentious manner.—n. Preten′tiousness the quality of being pretentious.

Typist: Natalie

Examples

Checker: Willa

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