Definition of pretend

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

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Reformalize :: Reformalize (v. i.) To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.
Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To act the part of a quack, or pretender..
Sanctimony :: Sanctimony (n.) Holiness; devoutness; scrupulous austerity; sanctity; especially, outward or artificial saintliness; assumed or pretended holiness; hypocritical devoutness..
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..
Connive :: Connive (v. t.) To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see.
Philosophist :: Philosophist (n.) A pretender in philosophy.
Theologaster :: Theologaster (n.) A pretender or quack in theology.
Pyromantic :: Pyromantic (n.) One who pretends to divine by fire.
Sciolist :: Sciolist (n.) One who knows many things superficially; a pretender to science; a smatterer.
Cunningman :: Cunningman (n.) A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries.
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..
Pretended :: Pretended (a.) Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend..
Adventurer :: Adventurer (n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
Skepticize :: Skepticize (v. i.) To doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.
Pretex :: Pretex (v. t.) To frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse; hence, to pretend; to declare falsely..
Dissimulate :: Dissimulate (v. i.) To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
Dudder :: Dudder (n.) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer..
Philosophaster :: Philosophaster (n.) A pretender to philosophy.
Simular :: Simular (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender..
Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..
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