pretend Copy link • pretend: sĭmŭlo, 1 (to p. what is not): foll. by simple acc., acc. and inf., and sometimes absol.: v. to feign (2). Comp. dissimulo, 1 (to hide what is by pretending): v. to feign (4). Also assimulo (= simulo, but less freq.): ib.
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.