Definition of pretend

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Pretend (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..

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Ignoramus :: Ignoramus (n.) A stupid, ignorant person; a vain pretender to knowledge; a dunce..
Simular :: Simular (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender..
Assumed :: Assumed (a.) Pretended; hypocritical; make-believe; as, an assumed character..
Pretension :: Pretension (n.) The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title..
Wiseling :: Wiseling (n.) One who pretends to be wise; a wiseacre; a witling.
Quidnunc :: Quidnunc (n.) One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on..
Pretended :: Pretended (a.) Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend..
Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To hold before one; to extend.
Pretendingly :: Pretendingly (adv.) As by right or title; arrogantly; presumptuously.
True :: True (n.) Actual; not counterfeit, adulterated, or pretended; genuine; pure; real; as, true balsam; true love of country; a true Christian..
Obtend :: Obtend (v. t.) To offer as the reason of anything; to pretend.
Conjurer :: Conjurer (n.) One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand..
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..
Dissimulate :: Dissimulate (a.) Feigning; simulating; pretending.
Psilosopher :: Psilosopher (n.) A superficial or narrow pretender to philosophy; a sham philosopher.
Empiric :: Empiric (n.) One who confines himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan..
Consequential :: Consequential (a.) Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4..
Pretend :: Pretend (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..
Icon :: Icon (n.) An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.
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..
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