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What does pretend mean?

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Verb
  1. To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception. [from 14th c.]
  2. To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.). [from 15th c.]
  3. To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). [from 15th c.] (originally used without to)
  4. To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.
Adjective
  1. Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.
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