MAKE-BELIEVE
NOUNS
► FACRERE the art of ‘make-believe’, deception → 1393 obs.
► FARANCE a pretense, make believe → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAKE-WISE a pretense, make-believe → 1846 Eng. dial.
► MAKING-AS-IF pretense, make-believe → 1813
NOUNS – PERSON
► GAR-ME-TRUE a hypocrite, a pretender; a philanderer; one who makes believe → 1871 Sc.
VERBS
► CRACKERJACK to fake, to make-believe → 20C sl.
► GAR-BELIEVE to make believe; to pretend → 1916 Sc.
► MAKE WISE to pretend, to feign, to make believe → 1867 Eng. dial.
► MIMP to make believe; to sham, to pretend → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAKE to affect, to feign, to pretend, to make believe to do something → 1571 obs.
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