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pre•tend•ed



Pronunciation: (pri-ten'did), [key]
—adj.
1. insincerely or falsely professed: a pretended interest in art.
2. feigned, fictitious, or counterfeit: His pretended wealth was proved to be nonexistent.
3. alleged or asserted; reputed.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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