The Crossword Solver found answer to “Like the motions before a hearing”, 8 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles.
Answer : PRETEND
make-believe, pretend – n
the enactment of a pretense; “it was just pretend”
SYNONYMS
act, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, pass (for), profess, put on, sham, simulate
EXAMPLE
“I wear it too, when I’m alone, and pretend that we are one forever.”
“It began with a glance as we passed each other the first time, a smile the next two or three laps, and then a pretend rest stop.”
“Jenn resisted the urge to leave, wanting to pretend things were as normal as possible between them.”
ETYMOLOGY
late 14c., pretenden, “to profess, put forward as a statement or assertion, maintain” (a claim, etc.), “to direct (one’s) efforts,” from Old French pretendre “to lay claim,” from Latin praetendere “stretch in front, spread before, put forward; put forward as an excuse, allege,” from prae “before” (see pre-) + tendere “to stretch” (from PIE root *ten- “to stretch”).
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