pretend


pretend (http://definr.com/pretend)

     adj : imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater";
           "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to
           catch pretend fish" [syn: make-believe, play(a)]
     v 1: make believe; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a
          headache" [syn: feign, sham, affect, dissemble]
     2: behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting" [syn:
        dissemble, act]
     3: put forward a claim and assert right or possession of;
        "pretend the title of King"