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▸ verb:  To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception.
▸ verb:  To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.).
▸ verb:  To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). (originally used without to)
▸ verb:  To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
▸ verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.
▸ adjective:  Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned.
▸ noun:  (childish, informal) the act of engaging in pretend play.

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