Definitions for "Pretend"
Keywords:  feign, deceive, profess, sham, believe
To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship.
To hold before one; to extend.
To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
To put in, or make, a claim, truly or falsely; to allege a title; to lay claim to, or strive after, something; -- usually with to.
put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
Keywords:  parman, lew, douglas, cliff, frank
"Pretend" is a popular song, written in 1952 by Lew Douglas, Cliff Parman, and Frank Levere.
Keywords:  pretense, enactment
the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend"
Keywords:  prick, print
prick print
behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
Keywords:  plot, attempt, intend, design
To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.