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Webster 1913 Edition


Make-believe

Make′-be-lieveˊ

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Adj.
1.
Feigned; insincere.
Make-believe reverence.”
G. Eliot.

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make-believe

make-believe

See also: makebelieve and make believe

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make-believe (uncountable)

  1. The quality or act of pretending; assuming something is true when in fact one knows it is not.