pretend

pretend is a Verb

Definition:

[1] To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim. Chiefs shall be grudged the part which they pretend. Dryden.

[2] To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden. [R.] Lest that too heavenly form, pretended To hellish falsehood, snare them. Milton.

[3] To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship. This let him know, Lest, willfully transgressing, he pretend Surprisal. Milton.

[4] To intend; to design; to plot; to attempt. [Obs.] Such as shall pretend Malicious practices against his state. Shak.

[5] To hold before one; to extend. [Obs.] "His target always over her pretended." Spenser.