pretend

pretend
v. trans.
Simulate: Ar. and P. προσποιεῖσθαι.
Urge in excuse: P. and V. σκήπτειν (mid. in P.). Absol., Ar. and P. προσποιεῖσθαι, σκήπτεσθαι.
Pretend to, claim: P. μεταποιεῖσθαι (gen.), ἀντιποιεῖσθαι (gen.), Ar. and P. προσποιεῖσθαι (acc. or gen.).
Pretend to do a thing: P. and V. λόγῳ ποιεῖν τι.

PRETEND

simulare assimulare or (when an adjective follows as the object) assimulare se; either with an accusative of the object or with an accusative and infinitive or with quasi and subjunctive. To pretend friendship toward anyone amicitiam simulare; amicum assimulare: to pretend to be sick simulare aegrum: to pretend to be mad simulare se furere.

pretend: sĭmŭlo, 1 (to p. what is not): foll. by simple acc., acc. and inf., and sometimes absol.: v. TO FEIGN (2). Comp. dissimulo, 1 (to hide what is by pretending): v. TO FEIGN (4). Also assimulo (= simulo, but less freq.): ib.

προσποιέω
to make over to; mid. procure, pretend
προέχω
to hold before, to pretend; to jut out, to excel

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σκηνεύομαι
pretend, feign
ἐπιμορφάζω
pretend
ἐπιφάσκω
pretend, profess
ὑπομορφάζω
pretend

mentior
to invent, assert falsely, lie, cheat, deceive, pretend
causor
to allege as a reason, make a pretext of, plead, pretend

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confingo
to fashion, fabricate, invent, devise, feign, pretend