To simulate; feign; claim faisely.
To make believe.
To assume as character.
You are not so strong as you pretend. – Hadda Padda by Godmunder Kamban
" I won't pretend to know what you're talking about. – The Electronic Mind Reader by John Blaine
Pretend to quarrel with me." – The Master Mystery by Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey