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make as if

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begin or appear to begin an action

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Cognitive

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Variants

pasttense
made as ifmaked as if
presentparticiple
making as if
thirdpersonsingular
makes as if
pastparticiple
made as ifmaked as if

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
begin or appear to begin an action
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
begin or appear to begin an action
DR-088 backfill from the verb definition column

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