PRETEND Copy link • PRETENDsimulare, assimulare, or (when an adjective follows as the object) assimulare se; either with an accusative of the object, or with an accusative and infinitive, or with quasi and subjunctive. To pretend friendship toward anyone, amicitiam simulare; amicum assimulare: to pretend to be sick, simulare aegrum: to pretend to be mad, simulare se furere.