To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true.
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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
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A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.
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To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
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To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.
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To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.
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To represent incorrectly (almost always, unfacorably); to give a false erroneous representation of, either maliciously, ignirantly, or carelessly.
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To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
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The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.
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One of the circles or windings of a cable or hawser, as it lies in a coil; a single turn or coil.
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Feigned; counterfeit.
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The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…
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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.
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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.
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To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.
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To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
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That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.
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Feigned; pretended.
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