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(1):

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

(2):

(v. t.) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.

(3):

(v. t.) To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.

(4):

(v. t.) To hold before one; to extend.

(5):

(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.

(6):

(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.

(7):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pretend'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pretend.html. 1828.
 
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