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to pretend ignorance

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  • pretend — [prē tend′, pritend′] vt. [ME pretenden, to intend < MFr pretendre < L praetendere, to hold forth, allege < prae , before + tendere, to stretch: see THIN] 1. to claim; profess; allege [to pretend ignorance of the law] 2. to claim or… …   English World dictionary

  • pretend — pre|tend1 W3S2 [prıˈtend] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: praetendere to stretch out in front, make an excuse , from tendere to stretch ] 1.) [I and T] to behave as if something is true when in fact you know it is not, in order to deceive… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pretend — [[t]prɪte̱nd[/t]] pretends, pretending, pretended 1) VERB If you pretend that something is the case, you act in a way that is intended to make people believe that it is the case, although in fact it is not. [V that] I pretend that things are… …   English dictionary

  • Ignorance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ignorance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ignorance ignorance nescience tabula rasa crass ignorance ignorance crasse Sgm: N 1 unacquaintance unacquaintance Sgm: N 1 unconsciousness unconsciousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • Irony — Ironic redirects here. For the song, see Ironic (song). For other uses, see irony (disambiguation). A Stop sign ironically defaced with a beseechment not to deface stop signs Irony (from the Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía, meaning dissimulation… …   Wikipedia

  • connive — intransitive verb (connived; conniving) Etymology: French or Latin; French conniver, from Latin conivēre, connivēre to close the eyes, connive, from com + nivēre (akin to nictare to wink); akin to Old English & Old High German hnīgan to bow Date …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • George Devine — Infobox Person name = George Devine image size = caption = birth date = birth date|1910|11|20|mf=y birth place = London death date = death date and age|1966|1|20|1910|11|20|mf=y death place = London flagicon|England occupation = Theatrical… …   Wikipedia

  • possum — /pos euhm/, n. 1. opossum. 2. play possum, Informal. a. to feign sleep or death. b. to dissemble or pretend ignorance: The baseball broke the window, but the children played possum when asked who had thrown it. 3. Australian. any of various… …   Universalium

  • demission — noun /dɪˈmɪʃ(ə)n,dəˈmɪʃən/ Resignation; abdication. And that this demission of our royal authority may have the more full and solemn effect, and none pretend ignorance, we give [our cousins authority] ... in our name and behalf, publicly, and in… …   Wiktionary

  • assume — v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by that + clause) take or accept as being true, without proof, for the purpose of argument or action. 2 simulate or pretend (ignorance etc.). 3 undertake (an office or duty). 4 take or put on oneself or itself (an aspect,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • SAGESSE — «Sagesse» s’entend en plusieurs sens. Est elle vertu, savoir, prudence, génie visionnaire, don de l’esprit, puissance prophétique, science politique? «Moïse alla s’instruire dans la sagesse des Égyptiens» signifie seulement que ce grand… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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