| Pronunciation: | | pri'tendid
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| Matching Terms: | | pretendence, pretender, pretendership
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| | Definition: | | [adj] adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" |
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| | Synonyms: | | assumed, counterfeit, false, fictitious, fictive, imitative, put on, sham |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pre*tend"ed\, a.
Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended
friend. -- {Pre*tend"ed*ly}, adv.
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