1. • noun - the enactment of a pretense
   • verb - make believe with the intent to deceive
   • verb - behave unnaturally or affectedly
   • verb - put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
   • verb - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
   • verb - represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
   • verb - state insincerely
   • adj - imagined as in a play
2. • To give a false appearance of; feign: “You had to pretend conformity while privately pursuing high and dangerous nonconformism” (Anthony Burgess).
   • To claim or allege insincerely or falsely; profess: doesn’t pretend to be an expert.
   • To represent fictitiously in play; make believe: pretended they were on a cruise.
   • To take upon oneself; venture: I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong.
   • To feign an action or a character, as in play.
   • To put forward a claim.
   • Imitation; make-believe: pretend money; pretend pearls.
3. • v - to assume or display a false appearance of

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