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Webster 1828 Edition


Pretending

PRETEND'ING

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ppr.
Holding out a false appearance; laying claim to, or attempting to make others believe one is what in truth he is not, or that he has or does something which he has or does not; making hypocritical professions.

Definition 2024


pretending

pretending

English

Noun

pretending (usually uncountable, plural pretendings)

  1. The act of imagining; make-believe

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Verb

pretending

  1. present participle of pretend