pretend

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

 
   व्यपदिशति  { व्यपदिश् }  vyapadizati  { vyapadiz } verb  pretend   
   अपदिशति  { अप- दिश् }  apadizati  { apa- diz } verb 6  pretend    
   विभावयति  { विभू }  vibhAvayati  { vibhU } verb caus.  pretend   
   सवैलक्ष्य  savailakSya adj.
   pretended   
   प्रतारक  pratAraka adj.
   pretender  
   अभियोक्तृ  abhiyoktR m.
   pretender  [ in law ]   
   अपदेशिन्  apadezin adj.
   pretending  
   उदिनक्षति  { उदिनक्ष् }  udinakSati  { udinakS } verb  pretend to   
   किल  kila ind.
   pretendedly  
   अकल्पित  akalpita adj.
   not pretended   
   अलीकसुप्त  alIkasupta n.
   pretended sleep  
   अलीकसुप्तक  alIkasuptaka n.
   pretended sleep   
   कोपपद  kopapada n.
   pretended wrath  
   लीलायित  lIlAyita adj.
   pretending to be   
   द्विजलिङ्गिन्  dvijaliGgin adj.
   pretended Brahman  
   कूटतापस  kUTatApasa m.
   pretended ascetic   
   छद्मतापस  chadmatApasa m.
   pretended ascetic  
   अलीक  alIka adj.
   pretended   little   
   पण्डितवादिन्  paNDitavAdin adj.
   pretending to be wise  
   छद्मस्थित  chadmasthita adj.
   pretending to practise       

Monier Williams

English

 To PRETEND,  v. a.
   or n.
  (Sham,  feign) छद्म कृ,  कूटं कृ,  व्याजं कृ, 
छलं कृ,  कपटं कृ,  ध्वजीकृ,  छल् (c.  10. छलयति -यितुं),  वेशं धृ (c.  10.
धारयति -यितुं) or भृ,  छद्मवेशं धृ. Often expressed by the root
दृश् in caus.
  ,  or by मिथ्या in comp. 
 as,  ‘he pretends to
be asleep, ’ आत्मानं प्रसुप्तम् इव or प्रसुप्तवद् दर्शयति,  मिथ्यासुप्तो or
मिथ्याप्रसुप्तो भवति
 ‘he pretends to be dead, ’ आत्मानं मृतवत्
सन्दर्शयति
 ‘to pretend to be just, ’ साधुवेशं धृ,  आर्य्यवेशं धृ, 
धर्म्मध्वजी -जिनी -जि भू,  आर्य्यरूपः -पा -पं भू.
— (Allege a false
plea) मिथ्याहेतुं वद्,  मिथ्यानिमित्तं वद्,  मिथ्या वद्.
— (Lay claim, 
pretend to) अभिमन् (c.  4. -मन्यते -मन्तुं),  मिथ्या अभिमन्,  मिथ्या-
भिमानं कृ,  मिथ्या ग्रह्,  अनधिकारपूर्व्वं ग्रह्,  अभिप्रेतः -ता -तं भू
 ‘to
pretend to learning, ’ विद्याभिमानं कृ,  विद्याभिप्रेतः -ता -तं भू, 
विद्याभिमानी -निनी -नि भू. See PRETENDER,  s.
 

Borooah

English

 PRETEND:
I To feign:
(1) अपदिशति,  वि-, 
(दिश्,  c. 6.),  p.
  ing a touch of headache:
शिरःशूलस्पर्शमपदिशन्,  P.
  ii.
(2) भावयति (c. of 
भू: rare),  p.
  ing fainting from a rush of poison:
भावितविषवेगविक्रियः,  D.
  ii.
(3) by subs.
 
II
To p.
  to,  claim: perh.
  अभिमन्यते (मन्,  c.
4.). P.
  ed i. e. feigned: q. v.
 

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Raghuvira

English

English:
  pretend
vb. व्यपदेश करना,  बहाना करना

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