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make-be⋅lieve

  [meyk-bi-leev]
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–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 Believe
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Make Believe
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make-be·lieve   (māk'bĭ-lēv')
n.  Playful or fanciful pretense.
make'-be·lieve' adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

make-believe 
"pretence," 1811, from make + believe.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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