prə-fĕs', prō-
To hide or conceal.
To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor.
To acknowledge defeat in:
To disclose (something damaging or inconvenient to oneself); admit.
To make oneself appear to do or be doing something; to engage in make-believe.
To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny; to own or confess.
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To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.]
To say positively; declare firmly; assert to be true
To state as a fact or as one's belief (something that may be called into question); assert
To purport is to represent yourself as something you aren't or claim to be something you aren't.
In old English law, to call (a person) into court to give warranty of title
Hide is defined as to conceal something, oneself, or others.
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