With reflexive.pron. as object followed by simple complement, †as, or to be: To make oneself appear, put on an appearance of being. †Formerly in…
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > pretend, dissemble [verb (reflexive)] (7) feign1297 With reflexive.pron. as object followed by simple complement, †as, or to be: To make oneself appear, put on an appearance of being. †Formerly in… abuse?a1439 transitive. To misrepresent (a person or thing); to adulterate; to falsify. reflexive. To show oneself in false colours, to make false pretensions… counterfeit1610 To put on (with intent to deceive) the appearance or semblance of; to feign, pretend, simulate. reflexive with infinitive or complement. Obsolete. personate1710 transitive (reflexive). reflexive with complement. To pass oneself off as another person. Obsolete. rare. to pass off1770 transitive. To cause (a person) to appear as or be accepted for someone else. Chiefly reflexive: to assume a false character or false identity as. to hold out1829 To represent. to work off1894 colloquial. transitive. reflexive. To pass oneself off as someone else. rare. |
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