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What is the verb for pretence?

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pretend
  1. To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception. [from 14th c.]
  2. To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.). [from 15th c.]
  3. To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). [from 15th c.] (originally used without to)
  4. To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
  5. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden.
  6. (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt.
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend.
  8. Synonyms:
      9. feign, fake, sham, simulate, dissemble, affect, act, assume, bluff, posture, masquerade, pose, dissimulate, impersonate, falsify, kid, purport, mislead, put on, pass for, put it on, make like, fake it, pass off, put on a front, put up a front, pass oneself off as, make as if, put on a false front, shuck and jive, be deceitful, be hypocritical, claim falsely, fake out, go through the motions, profess, counterfeit, put on an act, make believe, imitate, playact, play-act, lie, disguise, fabricate, play, make out, let on, misrepresent, give the appearance of … more
  9. Examples:
      10. “I cannot pretend to understand the problem.”
      “It was a huge adventure and we'd play silly games and pretend we were pirates on a quest for gold.”
      “My little sister always liked to pretend that she was a princess.”
pretex
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To frame; to devise; to disguise or excuse.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To pretend; to declare falsely.
  3. Examples:
      4. “Residents concede that women in the region are being hoodwinked by middlemen on the pretex of offering jobs.”
pretension
  1. To apply tension to an object before some other event or process.
  2. (construction) To apply tension to reinforcing strands before concrete is poured in.
pretext
  1. To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blag
  3. Examples:
      4. “Witherow also admitted that his paper tried to pretext details of Brown's mortgage by calling the bank and posing as the former prime minister.”
pretending
  1. present participle of pretend
  2. Synonyms:
      3. feigning, faking, shamming, simulating, dissembling, affecting, acting, assuming, bluffing, posturing, masquerading, posing, dissimulating, impersonating, falsifying, kidding, purporting, misleading, putting on, passing for, putting it on, making like, faking it, passing off, putting on a front, putting up a front, passing oneself off as, making as if, putting on a false front, shucking and jiving, claiming falsely, faking out, going through the motions, professing, counterfeiting, putting on an act, play-acting, playacting, making out, letting on, imitating, making a pretence of, disguising, playing, playing possum, giving the appearance of, making a show of, lying, fabricating, going through the motions of … more
pretends
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pretend
  2. Synonyms:
      3. feigns, fakes, shams, simulates, dissembles, affects, acts, assumes, bluffs, postures, masquerades, poses, dissimulates, impersonates, falsifies, kids, purports, misleads, puts on, passes for, puts it on, makes like, fakes it, passes off, puts on a front, puts up a front, passes oneself off as, makes as if, puts on a false front, shucks and jives, claims falsely, fakes out, goes through the motions, professes, counterfeits, puts on an act, play-acts, playacts, makes out, lets on, imitates, makes a pretence of, disguises, plays, plays possum, gives the appearance of, makes a show of, lies, fabricates, goes through the motions of … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Rather than abjuring claims to poetic vision, her poetry pretends not to aspire to authority even as it quietly seizes it.”
      “The fact is Margaret never pretends to coherence despite her desire for posthumous fame.”
      “How that sentiment will shake down Monday, not even Cummins pretends to know.”
pretendeth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of pretend
pretexes
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pretex
pretendest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of pretend
pretended
  1. simple past tense and past participle of pretend
  2. Synonyms:
      3. feigned, faked, shammed, simulated, dissembled, affected, acted, assumed, bluffed, postured, masqueraded, posed, dissimulated, impersonated, falsified, kidded, purported, misled, put on, passed for, put it on, made like, faked it, passed off, put on a front, put up a front, passed oneself off as, made as if, put on a false front, shucked and jived, claimed falsely, faked out, went through the motions, gone through the motions, put on an act, professed, counterfeited, let on, play-acted, playacted, made out, imitated, made a pretence of, disguised, played, played possum, made a show of, put on airs, let on like, lied … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I was still laughing, and she merely huffed and pretended to act mad by turning her head away from me.”
      “They visited the keeper of the jewels and Maria pretended to faint to cause a distraction.”
      “I pretended to be a reporter so they didn't mark something down on DJ's record like wacko parent.”
pretexted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of pretext
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blagged, excused, defended, justified, rationalised, rationalized, vindicated, explained, mitigated, warranted, sanctioned, whitewashed, alibied, appeased, cleared, covered, explained away, made a case for, provided a justification for, provided an explanation for … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “And Peter went off to the apothecary for his pretexted drugs.”
pretexed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of pretex
pretexting
  1. present participle of pretext
  2. Synonyms:
      3. blagging, excusing, defending, justifying, rationalising, rationalizing, vindicating, explaining, mitigating, warranting, sanctioning, whitewashing, alibiing, appeasing, clearing, covering, explaining away, making a case for, providing a justification for, providing an explanation for … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “In the same way I used to practice my magic tricks, I practiced pretexting.”
      “Abu Bakr, pretexting the ties of blood uniting victors and vanquished, was of opinion that a ransom should be accepted.”
      “At the entrance, Verelst, pretexting a pretext, sagely dropped out.”
pretexing
  1. present participle of pretex
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