v. |
[1] |
assert
,
claim
,
aver
,
asseverate
,
state
,
affirm
,
confirm
,
confess
,
declare
,
say
,
hold
,
maintain
,
present
,
offer
,
proffer
,
tender
,
set forth
,
put forward
,
pronounce
,
enounce
,
enunciate
,
announce
,
utter
,
vow
,
avow
|
[2] |
pretend
,
lay claim
,
make a pretence
,
purport
,
act as if
,
simulate
|
[3] |
concede
,
confess
|
[4] |
pretend
|
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