pretend /pri-tendˈ/

1. To make believe
2. To feign or affect (to be or do something)
3. To imply, assert or claim falsely
4. To claim to feel, profess falsely (eg friendship)
5. To venture, attempt, undertake or be so bold as (to do something)
6. To stretch forth, or in front (Spenser)
7. To offer (obsolete)
8. To purpose (obsolete)
9. To indicate (obsolete)

1. To feign
2. To make believe
3. To make claim (to eg expertise in something)
4. To aspire (with to; archaic)
5. To be a suitor (with to; archaic)
6. To reach or go forward (obsolete)

Imaginary, make-believe

pretenˈdant (or pretenˈdent) noun

1. A claimant
2. A suitor
3. A pretender

pretenˈded adjective

pretenˈdedly adverb

pretenˈder noun

1. A claimant, esp to a throne
2. A candidate
3. A suitor (obsolete)
4. Someone who pretends

pretenˈdership noun

pretenˈdingly adverb

Old Pretender and Young Pretender

Respectively the son and grandson of James II as claimants to the British throne

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