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Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To pretend; to counterfeit; to simulate.

Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (v. i.) To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

Spurious :: Spurious (a.) Not proceeding from the true source, or from the source pretended; not genuine; false; adulterate..

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

Theurgist :: Theurgist (n.) One who pretends to, or is addicted to, theurgy..

Homely :: Homely (n.) Plain; unpretending; rude in appearance; unpolished; as, a homely garment; a homely house; homely fare; homely manners..

Illuminate :: Illuminate (n.) One who enlightened; esp., a pretender to extraordinary light and knowledge..

Theologaster :: Theologaster (n.) A pretender or quack in theology.

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..

Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.

Corival :: Corival (v. t.) To rival; to pretend to equal.

Reformalize :: Reformalize (v. i.) To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.

Feigned :: Feigned (a.) Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false.

Pseudo- :: Pseudo- () A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle; pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively..

Pretence :: Pretence (n.) That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint..

Quack :: Quack (a.) Pertaining to or characterized by, boasting and pretension; used by quacks; pretending to cure diseases; as, a quack medicine; a quack doctor..

Quidnunc :: Quidnunc (n.) One who is curious to know everything that passes; one who knows, or pretends to know, all that is going on..

Spoliation :: Spoliation (v. t.) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title..

Mountebank :: Mountebank (n.) Any boastful or false pretender; a charlatan; a quack.

Assumer :: Assumer (n.) One who assumes, arrogates, pretends, or supposes..

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