Etymology : Middle English, from Latin praetendere to allege as an excuse, literally, to stretch out, from prae- pre- + tendere to stretch; more at THIN
Pronunciation : pri-tend
Function : verb
Date : 15th century
1. present a false image or appearance; impersonate; act in a role; claim, assert. simulated, feigned, make-believe. pretend\pre*tend"\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. pretended; p. pr. & vb. n. pretending.] [oe. pretenden to lay claim to, f. prétendre, l. praetendere, praetentum, to stretch forward, pretend, simulate, assert; prae before + tendere to stretch. see:
tend, v. t. ].
2. to lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim. chiefs shall be grudged the part which they pretend.
3. to hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden. [r.] lest that too heavenly form, pretended to hellish falsehood, snare them.
4. 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. this let him know, lest, willfully transgressing, he pretend surprisal.
5. to intend; to design; to plot; to attempt. [obs.] such as shall pretend malicious practices against his state.
6. to hold before one; to extend. [obs.] "his target always over her pretended."pretend \pre*tend"\, v. i.
7. 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. "countries that pretend to freedom." for to what fine he would anon pretend, that know i well.
8. to hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep. "[he] pretended to drink the waters."pretend imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish" [syn: make-believe, play(a) ] v.
9. make believe; "he feigned that he was ill"; "he shammed a headache" [syn: feign, sham, affect, dissemble].
10. behave unnaturally or affectedly; "she's just acting" [syn: dissemble, act].
11. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of king".
12. To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
13. To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
14. To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real ; to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship.
15. To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.
16. To hold before one; to extend.
17. 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.
18. To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep. put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King".
19. 1. If you pretend that something is the case, you act in a way that is intended to make people believe that it is the case, although in fact it is not. I pretend that things are really okay when they're not Sometimes the boy pretended to be asleep I had no option but to pretend ignorance.
20. If children or adults pretend that they are doing something, they imagine that they are doing it, for example as part of a game. She can sunbathe and pretend she's in Spain The children pretend to be different animals dancing to the music.
21. If you do not pretend that something is the case, you do not claim that it is the case. We do not pretend that the past six years have been without problems for us Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams. imaginary or not real - used especially by children.
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