Definition of pretend

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

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Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
Perfectionist :: Perfectionist (n.) One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life..
Humble :: Humble (superl.) Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage..
Pyromantic :: Pyromantic (n.) One who pretends to divine by fire.
Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden..
Sham :: Sham (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight..
Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate.
Icon :: Icon (n.) An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
Pretended :: Pretended (a.) Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend..
Homely :: Homely (n.) Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners..
Bushwhacker :: Bushwhacker (n.) A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers..
Soi-disant :: Soi-disant (a.) Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.
Necromancy :: Necromancy (n.) The art of revealing future events by means of a pretended communication with the dead; the black art; hence, magic in general; conjuration; enchantment. See Black art..
Cabala :: Cabala (n.) A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means..
Skepticize :: Skepticize (v. i.) To doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.
Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.
Pretence :: Pretence (n.) That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint..
Assume :: Assume (v. t.) To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.
Diviner :: Diviner (n.) One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means..
Theurgist :: Theurgist (n.) One who pretends to, or is addicted to, theurgy..
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