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Definition of Pretended

Pretended
Pretended Pre*tend"ed, a. Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend. -- Pre*tend"ed*ly, adv.
Pretend
Pretend Pre*tend", v. i. 1. 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. ``Countries that pretend to freedom.' --Swift. For to what fine he would anon pretend, That know I well. --Chaucer. 2. 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. ``[He] pretended to drink the waters.' --Macaulay.

Meaning of Pretended from wikipedia

- Look up pretend or pretending in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pretending or Pretend may refer to: Role-playing, refers to the changing of one's behaviour...
- Islands, Mexico and Chile). A variant of this story, entitled The Girl Who Pretended to be a Boy, was published in 1901 in Andrew Lang’s The Violet Fairy Book...
- Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone is the debut studio album by the American indie rock band The Walkmen, released on March 26, 2002, on Startime...
- Treason of Elizabeth Barton (Pretended Revelations) Act 1533 Act of Parliament Parliament of England Long title An Act concerning the Attainder of Elizabeth...
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- 51/46a: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project The Pretended Simpleton. List of characters and mention of first performance in 1769...
- Count approaches Sandrina but she again denies him. She claims to have pretended to be the Marchioness to save him, and exits. Serpetta arrives moments...
- Department agent, and the most successful agent at his job as well. He only pretended to be down on his luck so he could get the goods on Stanley's shady business...
- constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his ****ent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: "For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: "For...
- a lavish cult of personality centered on the figure of Mussolini. He pretended to incarnate the new fascist Übermensch, promoting an aesthetic of exasperated...