act, arrogate, claim, do a bit, gammon, let on like, make out, playact, put on, strive to, try to
Definitionadj. imagined as in a play
Last update: September 13, 2015
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In order to win faith of the family members clever thief pretend to be an. [verb]
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He could n't pretend to know what was in her mind or heart or body any more. [verb]
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A single look was sufficient to apprise the pretended leech that the invalid was far beyond his powers of healing. [verb]
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These varlets pretend to be bent chiefly on their sun-down meal, but the moment it is dark they will be on our trail, as true as hounds on the scent. [verb]
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Did he not pretend to go back to his tribe, who had treated him ill, and driven him from their wigwams like a dog. [verb]
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"You pretend to be his lordship's friend, and you speak slander of him." [verb]
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"I call them Iroquois, because to me every native, who speaks a foreign tongue, is accounted an enemy, though he may pretend to serve the king." [verb]
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Sir Ralph Masaroon pretended to be in despair. [verb]
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He read aloud to Hyacinth and her sister as they worked--or pretended to work--at their embroidery frames. [verb]
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She has the good sense to pretend that he amuses her. [verb]
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"I doubt they would be as ready to believe--or to pretend to believe--to-morrow," answered Angela. [verb]
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