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Pretending
- verb - 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"
- the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
Pretension
- noun - a false or unsupportable quality
- the advancing of a claim; "his pretension to the crown"; "the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"
- the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
Preterient
- - Passed through; antecedent; previous; as, preterient states.
Preterists
- noun - a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) have already been fulfilled
Preterites
- 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
Pretermits
- 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"
Prevenance
- - A going before; anticipation in sequence or order.
Prevenancy
- - The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., in the way of favor or courtesy; hence, civility; obligingness.
Prevenient
- adjective - in anticipation