(Homonym: fain).
To make believe; SYN. sham, pretend, affect, dissemble.
1. To lay a claim to; to allege a title to; to claim.
2. To represent falsely; to present as true or real something untrue or unreal; to show hypocritically, or for the purpose.of deceiving; to simulate; to feign
3. To make believe, to engage in fictional play.