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▸ verb:  (intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
▸ verb:  To engage in make-believe.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
▸ verb:  (intransitive with 'to', formal, originally transitive) To lay claim (to an ability, status, advantage, etc.).
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.
▸ adjective:  Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.
▸ noun:  (childish, informal) The act of engaging in pretend play.

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