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Pretendant

a pretender a claimant

making a false appearance unreal false as pretended friend

the act of pretending pretense

or apparent omission a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions as for example

one pretending to perfection esp one pretending to moral perfection one who believes that persons may and

one who pretends to be what he is not one who or that

97 only means that the thing is not what it pretends to be which only means that it is not genuine

person not having in force a practising certificate who wilfully pretends to be a solicitor see 1934 act infra a solicitor

spiritualism the pretending to hold communication with spirits the pretender may be convicted

victed as an idle and disorderly person 2 every person pretending to tell fortunes or using any craft or device by

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