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- Pretend - v. t. - To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pretend - v. t. - To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.
- Pretend - v. t. - To hold before one; to extend.
- 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.
- Pretend - 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.
- Pretendant - n. - A pretender; a claimant.
- Pretended - imp. & p. p. - of Pretend
- Pretended - a. - Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend.
- Pretendence - n. - The act of pretending; pretense.
- Pretender - n. - One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant.
- Pretender - n. - The pretender (Eng. Hist.), the son or the grandson of James II., the heir of the royal family of Stuart, who laid claim to the throne of Great Britain, from which the house was excluded by law.
- Pretender - n. - One who pretends, simulates, or feigns.
- Pretendership - n. - The character, right, or claim of a pretender.
- Pretending - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Pretend
- Pretendingly - adv. - As by right or title; arrogantly; presumptuously.
- 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.
- Reformalize - v. i. - To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.
- Pretend - 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.
- Corival - v. t. - To rival; to pretend to equal.
- False - a. - To feign; to pretend to make.
- Connive - v. t. - To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see.
- Assume - v. t. - To pretend to possess; to take in appearance.
- Skepticize - v. i. - To doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.
- 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.
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- G5271 ὑποκρίνομαι - 5271 ὑποκρίνομαι - ὙΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ - - hypokrínomai - hoop-ok-rin'-om-ahee - middle voice from ὑπό and κρίνω; to decide (speak or act) under a false part, i.e. (figuratively) dissemble (pretend):--feign. - Verb - greek
- G4364 προσποιέομαι - 4364 προσποιέομαι - ΠΡΟΣΠΟΙΈΟΜΑΙ - - prospoiéomai - pros-poy-eh'-om-ahee - middle voice from πρός and ποιέω; to do forward for oneself, i.e. pretend (as if about to do a thing):--make as though. - Verb - greek
- G5569 ψευδάδελφος - 5569 ψευδάδελφος - ΨΕΥΔΆΔΕΛΦΟΣ - - pseudádelphos - psyoo-dad'-el-fos - from ψευδής and ἀδελφός; a spurious brother, i.e. pretended associate:--false brethren. - Noun Masculine - greek
- G5570 ψευδαπόστολος - 5570 ψευδαπόστολος - ΨΕΥΔΑΠΌΣΤΟΛΟΣ - - pseudapóstolos - psyoo-dap-os'-tol-os - from ψευδής and ἀπόστολος; a spurious apostle, i.e. pretended pracher:--false teacher. - Noun Masculine - greek
- G5578 ψευδοπροφήτης - 5578 ψευδοπροφήτης - ΨΕΥΔΟΠΡΟΦΉΤΗΣ - - pseudoprophḗtēs - psyoo-dop-rof-ay'-tace - from ψευδής and προφήτης; a spurious prophet, i.e. pretended foreteller or religious impostor:--false prophet. - Noun Masculine - greek