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61Hypocrisies — Hypocrisy Hy*poc ri*sy (h[i^]*p[o^]k r[i^]*s[y^]), n.; pl. {Hypocrisies} ( s[i^]z). [OE. hypocrisie, ypocrisie, OF. hypocrisie, ypocrisie, F. hypocrisie, L. hypocrisis, fr. Gr. ypo krisis the playing a part on the stage, simulation, outward show …
62Hypocrisy — Hy*poc ri*sy (h[i^]*p[o^]k r[i^]*s[y^]), n.; pl. {Hypocrisies} ( s[i^]z). [OE. hypocrisie, ypocrisie, OF. hypocrisie, ypocrisie, F. hypocrisie, L. hypocrisis, fr. Gr. ypo krisis the playing a part on the stage, simulation, outward show, fr. ypokr …
63make-belief — make be*lief , n. A feigning to believe; make believe. J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster] …
64make-believe — make be*lieve , n. A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere pretense; a fiction; an invention. Childlike make believe. Tylor. [1913 Webster] To forswear self delusion and make believe. M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] …
65Soldiering — Sol dier*ing, n. 1. The act of serving as a soldier; the state of being a soldier; the occupation of a soldier. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of feigning to work. See the Note under {Soldier}, v. i., 2. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster] …
66Spangle — Span gle, v. i. To show brilliant spots or points; to glisten; to glitter. [1913 Webster] Some men by feigning words as dark as mine Make truth to spangle, and its rays to shine. Bunyan. [1913 Webster] …
67To sham Abraham — Abraham man A bra*ham man or Abram man A bram man , n. [Possibly in allusion to the parable of the beggar Lazarus in Luke xvi. Murray (New Eng. Dict. ).] One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake… …
68Tom o' Bedlam — Tom o Bed lam Formerly, a wandering mendicant discharged as incurable from Bethlehem Hospital, England; hence, a wandering mendicant, either mad or feigning to be so; a madman; a bedlamite. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
69fiction — noun Etymology: Middle English ficcioun, from Middle French fiction, from Latin fiction , fictio act of fashioning, fiction, from fingere to shape, fashion, feign more at dough Date: 14th century 1. a. something invented by the imagination or… …
70hypocrisy — noun (plural sies) Etymology: Middle English ypocrisie, from Anglo French, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Greek hypokrisis act of playing a part on the stage, hypocrisy, from hypokrinesthai to answer, act on the stage, from hypo + krinein to… …
