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pretense | prepense |

As a noun pretense

is (us) a false or hypocritical profession, as, under pretense of friendliness.

As an adjective prepense is

devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived, premeditated.

As a verb prepense is

(obsolete|transitive) to weigh or consider beforehand; to consider.

pretense

English

Alternative forms

* pretence (Only correct spelling in the UK, the Republic of Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and historical use in the United States) * (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US) A false or hypocritical profession, as, under pretense of friendliness.
  • Intention or purpose not real but professed.
    • with only a pretense of accuracy
  • An unsupported claim made or implied.
  • An insincere attempt to reach a specific condition or quality.

    • Synonyms

    * affectation denotes deception for the sake of escape from punishment or an awkward situation * false pretense * fiction * imitation * pretext * sham * subterfuge * See also

    Related terms

    * pretend * pretender * pretension * pretentious * pretentiousness

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    prepense

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Devised, contrived, or planned beforehand; preconceived, premeditated.

    • See also

    * malice prepense

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (obsolete) To weigh or consider beforehand; to consider.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.xi:
    • submit you to high prouidence, / And euer in your noble hart prepense , / That all the sorrow in the world is lesse, / Then vertues might [...].
  • To deliberate beforehand.