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Definition pretend

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman pretendre, Middle French pretendre (French prétendre (“to claim, demand”)), from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetend? (“put forward, hold out, pretend”), from prae- (“pre-”) + tend? (“stretch”); see tend.

Verb

pretend (third-person singular simple present pretends, present participle pretending, simple past and past participle pretended)

1. To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception. [from 14th c.]
2. To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.). [from 15th c.]
3. To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). [from 15th c.] (originally used without to)
4. To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
5. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
7. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.

Adjective

pretend (not comparable)

1. Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.

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