playact

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play⋅act

[pley-akt]

–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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playact
verb
perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in 'Julius Caesar'"; "I played in 'A Christmas Carol'" [syn: act]

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