feign (v)
sham (v)
pretend (v)
affect (v)
dissemble (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 32
def make believe with the intent to deceive
examples He feigned that he was ill
He shammed a headache
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 26 Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Frame - 28 Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Outgoing links
Hypernym misrepresent, belie
Derivationally related form dissemble → dissembler
Derivationally related form dissemble → dissembling
Derivationally related form pretend → pretender; pretend → pretending
Derivationally related form pretend → pretense; pretend → pretense
Derivationally related form sham → sham
Derivationally related form sham → shammer
Derivationally related form sham → shammer
Derivationally related form feign → feigning
Verb Group make, pretend, make believe
Hyponym play possum; take a dive; talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fake; mouth
Incoming links
Derivationally related form pretending → pretend; pretender → pretend
Derivationally related form pretense → pretend; pretense → pretend
Derivationally related form sham → sham
Derivationally related form dissembling → dissemble
Derivationally related form feigning → feign
Derivationally related form dissembler → dissemble
Derivationally related form shammer → sham
Derivationally related form shammer → sham
Hyponym misrepresent, belie
Verb Group make, pretend, make believe
Hypernym play possum; take a dive; talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fake; mouth

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