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pretend

(pr/I/'t/E/nd )

make believe with the intent to deceive(verb.communication)

Synonym:
affect, dissemble, feign, sham

source: wordnet30
behave unnaturally or affectedly(verb.creation)

Synonym:
act, dissemble

source: wordnet30
put forward a claim and assert right or possession of(verb.possession)

Example:
Pretend the title of King.

source: wordnet30
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation(verb.communication)

Example:
I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong.

Synonym:
guess, hazard, venture

source: wordnet30
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like(verb.communication)

Synonym:
make, make believe

source: wordnet30
state insincerely(verb.communication)

Example:
She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber.
She pretends to be an expert on wine.

Synonym:
profess

source: wordnet30
To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913

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