dissemble (v)
pretend (v)
act#4 (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 36
def behave unnaturally or affectedly
examples She's just acting
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Outgoing links
Verb Group act, behave, do
Derivationally related form act → act
Derivationally related form pretend → pretender
Hyponym simulate, assume, sham, feign
Incoming links
Derivationally related form act → act
Derivationally related form pretender → pretend
Verb Group act, behave, do
Hypernym simulate, assume, sham, feign

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