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play⋅act

  [pley-akt]
Use play-act in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to engage in make-believe.
2. to be insincere or affected in speech, manner, etc.: It's hard to get away with playacting with members of one's own family.
3. to perform in a play.
–verb (used with object)
4. to dramatize (something): They playacted the movements of a burglar.
Origin:
1895–1900; back formation from playacting; see play, act, -ing 1

Related forms:
playacting, noun
playactor, noun
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play-act   (plā'ākt')
intr.v.   play-act·ed, play-act·ing, play-acts

  1. To play a role in a dramatic performance.

  2. To play a pretended role; make believe.

  3. To behave in an overdramatic or artificial manner.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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