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        "priˈtɛnd"
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        "From Anglo-Norman pretendre, Middle French pretendre (French prétendre (“to claim, demand”)), from Latin praetendere, present active infinitive of praetendō (“put forward, hold out, pretend”), from prae- (“pre-”) + tendō (“stretch”); see tend."
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              "mean": "To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception. \n1749,  Henry Fielding,  chapter 23, in  The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A Millar, , →OCLC, book XVIII:\"After what past at Upton, so soon to engage in a new amour with another woman, while I fancied, and you pretended, your heart was bleeding for me!\"\n1963,  Margery Allingham,  chapter 5, in  The China Governess, →OL:It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.\n2009 April 13, “Vanity publishing”, in The Economist:\nI have nothing but contempt for people who hire ghost-writers. But at least most faux authors have the decency to pretend that they are sweating blood over \"their\" book."
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              "mean": "To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.). \n1667,  John Milton,  “Book V”, in  Paradise Lost. , London:    , , →OCLC; republished as  Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:This let him know, / Lest, wilfully transgressing, he pretend / Surprisal.\n2007 October 29, The Guardian, London:\nGap and other clothes manufacturers should stop using small subcontractors because they are difficult to control. Instead, they should open up their own fully-owned production facilities so that they cannot pretend ignorance when abuses are committed."
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              "mean": "To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.).  (originally used without to)\n1682, John Dryden, The Medal\nChiefs shall be grudged the part which they pretend.\n1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.25:\nPeople observed the diversity of schools and the acerbity of their disputes, and decided that all alike were pretending to knowledge which was in fact unattainable."
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              "mean": "To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.\n1814 July,  ,  chapter VI, in  Mansfield Park: , volume I, London:    T Egerton, , →OCLC, pages 111–112:\"The truth is, Ma'am,\" said Mrs. Grant, pretending to whisper across the table to Mrs. Norris, \"that Dr. Grant hardly knows what the natural taste of our apricot is; .\"\n2003 January 23, Duncan Campbell, The Guardian, London:\nLuster claimed that the women had consented to sex and were only pretending to be asleep."
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              "mean": "(transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.\n1667,  John Milton,  “Book IX”, in  Paradise Lost. , London:    , , →OCLC; republished as  Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:Lest that too heavenly form, pretended / To hellish falsehood, snare them."
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              "mean": "(transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.\n1591 (date written),  William Shakespeare,  “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in  Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London:    Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Such as shall pretend / Malicious practices against his state."
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              "mean": "(transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.\n1596,  Edmund Spenser,  “Book VI, Canto XI”, in  The Faerie Queene. , London:     for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Pastorella    Was by the Captaine all this while defended, / Who, minding more her safety then himselfe, / His target alwayes over her pretended ."
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              "mean": "Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.\nAs children we used to go on \"spying\" missions around the neighbour's house, but it was all pretend."
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          "name": "Noun",
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              "mean": "(childish, informal) the act of engaging in pretend play."
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