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Pretend

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to act as if something is the case when it is not, especially in play or deception
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Stage 1 of 2
praetendere
Latin · ancient
"to stretch forth, to claim falsely"
to stretch forth, to claim falsely, from prae- (before) and tendere (to stretch)
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Stage 2 of 2
pretend
English · 1400s
"to act as if something is true when it is not"
settled as the English word for acting as if something is true when it isn't
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