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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, the act of changing of one's behaviour...
- Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone is the debut studio album by the American rock band the Walkmen, released on March 26, 2002, by Startime International...
- 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...
- Treason of Elizabeth Barton (Pretended Revelations) Act 1533 Act of Parliament Parliament of England Long title An Act concerning the Attainder of Elizabeth...
- 51/46a: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project The Pretended Simpleton. List of characters and mention of first performance in 1769...
- or interfered in conflicts with other housemates. A housemate who has pretended to be kind to others while not revealing their true personality to the...
- alive 27 days 1978 Harry Domela 78 Unknown Latvian-German impostor who pretended to be a deposed crown prince, for which he would be put on trial, but...
- woods with InoShikaCho around a campfire. Goku realizes that they only pretended to kill the monster to get money. The three-e**** stranger fights Goku...
- Whitby to get in a cardboard box and pretend to 'row out to sea'. Cant pretended to fish from his 'boat' and caught a wellington boot full of custard....
- 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...