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pretend

adjective
  1. imagined as in a play
    make-believe
noun
  1. the enactment of a pretense
    “it was just pretend”
    make-believe
verb
  1. state insincerely
    profess
  2. make believe with the intent to deceive
    sham
  3. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
    make
  4. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
    venture
  5. behave unnaturally or affectedly
    act
  6. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of
    “pretend the title of King”