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make-be⋅lieve

[meyk-bi-leev]
–noun
1. pretense, esp. of an innocent or playful kind; feigning; sham: the make-believe of children playing.
2. a pretender; a person who pretends.
–adjective
3. pretended; feigned; imaginary; made-up; unreal: a make-believe world of fantasy.

Origin:
1805–15
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make-be·lieve   (māk'bĭ-lēv')
n.  Playful or fanciful pretense.
make'-be·lieve' adj.
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