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Pretences
- noun - a false or unsupportable quality
- an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
- imaginative intellectual play
- pretending with intention to deceive
- the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
Pretended
- verb - 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"
- behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
- make believe with the intent to deceive;
- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
- state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
Pretender
- noun - a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
Pretenses
- noun - a false or unsupportable quality
- an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
- imaginative intellectual play
- pretending with intention to deceive
- the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
Preterist
- noun - a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled
Preterite
- noun - A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past
- a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
Preterits
- noun - a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
Pretermit
- verb - disregard intentionally or let pass
- leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
Pretibial
- - Situated in front of the tibia.