Sham: alternatives and connections

Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.

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Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.

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Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not…

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Inclined to imitate, copy, or follow; imitating; exhibiting some of the qualities or characteristics of a pattern or model; dependent on example; not…

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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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One who, or that which, beguiles.

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To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.

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An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

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One who cheats.

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One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.

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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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The act of imitating.

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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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That which makes smooth or sleek.

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One who tricks; a deceiver; a tricker; a cheat.

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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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One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells.

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One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be othe…

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One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be othe…

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Alt. of Pretence

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Alt. of Pretence

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One who, or that which, skulks.

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One who, or that which, skulks.

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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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of Assume

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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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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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Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness.

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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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Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame.

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Feigned; counterfeit.

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Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injure…

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One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender.

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To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.

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of Pretend

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One who lays claim, or asserts a title (to something); a claimant.

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One who shams; an impostor.

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Feigned; pretended.

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