| obsolete |
| 1. adj. (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject). | |
| It is speculated that, within a few years, the Internet's speedy delivery of news worldwide will make newspapers obsolete. | |
| 2. adj. (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct. | |
| 3. v. (transitive, US) To cause to become obsolete. | |
| This software component has been obsoleted. | |
| We are in the process of obsoleting this product. | |
| feigning |
| 1. v. present participle of feign | |
| 2. n. Act of one who feigns; fakery; deceit. | |
| feign |
| 1. v. To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate. | |
| The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam. | |
| They feigned her signature on the cheque. | |
| 2. v. To imagine; to invent; to pretend. | |
| He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time. | |
| 3. v. To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent. | |
| 4. v. To hide or conceal. | |
| Jessica feigned the fact that she had not done her homework. | |
| simulating |
| 1. v. present participle of simulate | |
| simulate |
| 1. v. To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of. | |
| We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter. | |
| 2. adj. (obsolete) Feigned; pretended. | |
| pretending |
| 1. n. The act of imagining; make-believe | |
| 2. v. present participle of pretend | |
| pretend |
| 1. v. To claim, to allege, especially when falsely or as a form of deliberate deception. | |
| 2. v. To feign, affect (a state, quality, etc.). | |
| 3. v. To lay claim to (an ability, status, advantage, etc.). (originally used without to) | |
| 4. v. To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe. | |
| 5. v. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before, or put forward, as a cloak or disguise for something else; to exhibit as a veil for something hidden. | |
| 6. v. (transitive, obsolete) To intend; to design, to plot; to attempt. | |
| 7. v. (transitive, obsolete) To hold before one; to extend. | |
| 8. adj. Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary, feigned. | |
