An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
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The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true.
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An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
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Affectation.
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The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
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A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be…
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The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
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A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere.
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A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention.
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Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art.
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An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
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An orrery. See Orrery.
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Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast.
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To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
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The act of restoring or bringing back to a former place, station, or condition; the fact of being restored; renewal; reestablishment; as, the restora…
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To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish.
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To exhibit or present to view; to place in sight; to display; -- the thing exhibited being the object, and often with an indirect object denoting the…
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An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe wha…
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The act of deceiving or misleading.
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of Dissemble
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The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.
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The work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society.
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A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.
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of Model
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of Model
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The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.
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Same as Technic, n.
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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.
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of Feign
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A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.
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Alt. of Pretenceless
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of Pretend
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Alt. of Pretence
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