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make believe

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represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like

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Variants

synonym
make
pasttense
made believemaked believe
presentparticiple
making believe
thirdpersonsingular
makes believe
pastparticiple
made believemaked believe

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
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represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
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