Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
pretense .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- See
pretense ,pretenseful ,pretenseless .
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- noun British An act of pretending or
pretension ; a false claim orpretext .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun pretending with intention to deceive
- noun imaginative intellectual play
- noun a false or unsupportable quality
- noun an artful or simulated semblance
- noun the act of giving a false appearance
Etymologies
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WORDS ACCENTED ON THE LAST SYLLABLE: address _address'_ adept _adept'_ adult _adult'_ ally _ally'_ commandant _commandänt '(ä as in arm) _ contour _contour'_ dessert _dessert'_ dilate _dilate'_ excise _eksiz'_ finance _finance'_ grimace _grimace'_ importune _importune'_ occult _occult'_ pretence _pretence'_ research _research'_ robust _robust'_ romance _romance'_ tirade _tirade'_
Practical Grammar and Composition Thomas Wood
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Image/pretence is everything. on April 24, 2008 at 9: 34 am | Reply Dan
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The pretence is to negotiate; the purpose is to separate.
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Theres a bad kind, where the pretence is instead of the real thing, as when a man pretends hes going to help you instead of really helping you.
As I Please 1944
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The wary servant, seeing that he was watched, turned to the wall, under a certain pretence, tore his letters into the smallest possible pieces, and threw them behind the door.
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The former was, in pretence, the latter was, in truth, at the bottom of this tradition.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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Naturally, that is, sincerely, and not in pretence only: with a willing heart and upright view, so agreeably to the make of his mind.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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What reward can those expect who preach Christ out of strife, and envy, and contention, and to add affliction to a faithful minister's bonds? who preach in pretence, and not in truth?
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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Or when they came to enquire of the prophet they pretended to put away their idols, but it was in pretence only; they still had a secret reserve for them.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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Note, the sincere and serious beggars at Christ's door commonly meet with the worst rebukes from those that follow him but in pretence and hypocrisy.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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