Index of English words, starting with "pr"

(1) - Pretence (n.) Intention; design.
(2) - Pretence (n.) That which is pretended; false, deceptive, or hypocritical show, argument, or reason; pretext; feint.
(3) - Pretence (n.) The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Caesar's death.
(4) - Pretence (n.) The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.
(5) - Pretence (a.) Alt. of Pretenceless

(1) - Pretend (v. i.) 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.
(2) - Pretend (v. i.) 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.
(3) - Pretend (v. t.) To hold before one; to extend.
(4) - Pretend (v. t.) To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt.
(5) - Pretend (v. t.) 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.
(6) - Pretend (v. t.) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
(7) - Pretend (v. t.) To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

(1) - Pretended (a.) Making a false appearance; unreal; false; as, pretended friend.
(2) - Pretended (imp. & p. p.) of Pretend