- (v.i.) To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
- (n.) A false front or removable ornamental covering.
- (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.
- (v.t.) To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.
- (v.t.) To obtrude by fraud or imposition.
- (n.) That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.
- (v.t.) To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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