make-believen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmeɪkbᵻliːv/, U.S.

/ˈmeɪkbəˌliv/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to make believe at make v.¹ 39d.

Etymology: < to make believe at make v.¹ 39d.Compare the isolated Middle English loan facrere n.

A. n.

a. The action of making believe; pretence, fanciful imagining (esp. that things are better than they really are).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > make-believe

make-believe1794

pretence1862

make-believing1867

pretend1883

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun]

foxingc1220

feignc1320

faintise1340

simulation1340

dissimulingc1374

likenessc1384

dissimulationc1386

coverture1393

dissemblationc1425

assimulationa1450

dissemblec1480

fiction1483

dissemblinga1500

irony1502

dissimulance1508

dissembly?c1550

blindation1588

counterfeisance1590

misseeming1590

supposing1596

dissemblance1602

guise1662

dissimulating1794

make-believe1794

representation1805

sham-Abra(ha)m1828

make-belief1837

pretence1862

make-believing1867

postiche1876

kid-stakes1916

smoke and mirrors1980

1794 E. Inchbald Wedding Day ii. ii. 28 This may be all make-believe, like the poor little boy in the song.

1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude IV. lxviii. 62 I was drest like Minerva,..and then the little ones came and worshipped me: 'twas all make believe, you see.

1811 Morning Chron. 9 Apr. Her mourning is all make-believe, She's gay as any linnet.

1818 C. Lamb Three Friends Not that she did really grieve It was only make-believe.

1855 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) II. vii. 331 This great empire is rotten..ceremony, etiquette, conventionality, insincerity,—‘make believe’, in short,—constitute it.

1888 Times 23 June 17/2 The public does not object to magic in small quantities. It is quite ready to join in the game of ‘make-believe’.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxxxvi. 451 Philip, living so much in a world of make-believe, found his fancy teeming with new pictures.

1967 D. Potter Nigel Barton Plays 120 I can't join you in all this euphoric make-believe.

1988 L. Appignanesi Simone de Beauvoir i. 9 In the games of make-believe the sisters enacted..it was most often Poupette who took on the dominant role.

b. An instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > make-believe > instance of

make-believe1818

1818 W. Scott Rob Roy xii. 276 It's hard I should get raps over the costard, and only pay you back in make-believes.

1862 G. A. Sala Accepted Addr. 191 The world is full of make-believes.

1887 A. Jessopp Arcady viii. 234 That old-fashioned place of resort..the village green, has become a mere make-believe now.

1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xxiii. 264 Dreams and make-believes are all very well..but when dark and storm come they fail to satisfy.

1976 ‘W. Trevor’ Children of Dynmouth (1987) (BNC) 115 Surely it was part of a make-believe, like imagining you were playing number three for Somerset?

†2. A person who makes believe or pretends; a make-believer. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > make-believe > one who indulges in

make-believe1863

make-believer1884

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > one who or that which dissembles

feigner1382

pseudo1402

simular1526

simuler1534

colourer1554

counterfeiter1561

truphane1568

counterfeit1574

put-forth1581

pretender1583

impostor1586

idol1590

would-be1607

phantasm1622

farce1696

imposture1699

Barmecide1713

simulator1835

fraud1850

sham1850

fake1855

swindle1858

shammer1861

make-believe1863

hoax1869

economizer1874

make-believer1884

ringer1896

phoney1902

faker1910

shill1976

1863 S. Wilberforce Speeches on Missions (1874) 2 Do not be an idler and make-believe in the work.

1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. iv. 94 The ordinary make-believes of society, saying little civil speeches and not going beyond them.

B. adj. (chiefly attributive).

That makes believe, or results from an attempt to make believe; characteristic or of the nature of make-believe; pretended, imaginary, fanciful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [adjective] > only in imagination or unreal > make-believe

pretending1434

pretend1708

make-believe1806

make-believing1867

make-belief1873

play-play1941

1806 M. A. Lamb Let. 30 May in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1976) II. 227 You say truly that I have sent you too many make-believe letters.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 248 That was a make-believe thing, compared with this.

1852 W. E. Gladstone Exam. Reply Neapolitan Govt. 23 Here, again, I am met with a make-believe reply.

1877 T. A. Trollope Life Pius IX II. iii. iii. 3 The republicans and their make-believe government.

1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xxiii. 262 In a ‘make believe’ assembly of choice spirits everybody says just the thing you want her to say.

1969 M. Angelou I know why Caged Bird Sings i. 8 The lamplight..gave a soft make-believe feeling to our world.

1989 Independent (BNC) 6 Oct. Mr Rather's reputation for being the soul of integrity in the increasingly make-believe world of American television news has been damaged.

Derivatives

ˈmake-believer n. a person who makes believe or pretends.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > make-believe > one who indulges in

make-believe1863

make-believer1884

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > one who or that which dissembles

feigner1382

pseudo1402

simular1526

simuler1534

colourer1554

counterfeiter1561

truphane1568

counterfeit1574

put-forth1581

pretender1583

impostor1586

idol1590

would-be1607

phantasm1622

farce1696

imposture1699

Barmecide1713

simulator1835

fraud1850

sham1850

fake1855

swindle1858

shammer1861

make-believe1863

hoax1869

economizer1874

make-believer1884

ringer1896

phoney1902

faker1910

shill1976

1884 N. Amer. Rev. 138 443 A volume which believers, unbelievers, misbelievers, and make-believers would unite in neglecting or condemning.

1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara Pref. in John Bull's Other Island 149 The romantic make-believer lay outside the pale of sympathy in literature.

ˈmake-believing n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > make-believe

make-believe1794

pretence1862

make-believing1867

pretend1883

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun]

foxingc1220

feignc1320

faintise1340

simulation1340

dissimulingc1374

likenessc1384

dissimulationc1386

coverture1393

dissemblationc1425

assimulationa1450

dissemblec1480

fiction1483

dissemblinga1500

irony1502

dissimulance1508

dissembly?c1550

blindation1588

counterfeisance1590

misseeming1590

supposing1596

dissemblance1602

guise1662

dissimulating1794

make-believe1794

representation1805

sham-Abra(ha)m1828

make-belief1837

pretence1862

make-believing1867

postiche1876

kid-stakes1916

smoke and mirrors1980

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [adjective] > only in imagination or unreal > make-believe

pretending1434

pretend1708

make-believe1806

make-believing1867

make-belief1873

play-play1941

1867 J. G. Whittier Tent on Beach 73 The while he heard, the Book-man drew A length of make-believing face.

1899 B. Harraden Fowler 125 Children..not tiring easily of their many make-believings.

1909 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Mar. 105/2 A little make-believing girl, not unlike..the make-believing child of the ‘Child's Garden of Verses’.

1954 T. S. Eliot Confidential Clerk 1. 40 It begins as a kind of make-believe And the make-believing makes it real.

1957 L. MacNeice Visitations 17 Coral islands of first love Where makebelieving boy and girl Assume the music of the spheres.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	make-believe
释义	make-believen.adj. Brit. /ˈmeɪkbᵻliːv/, U.S. /ˈmeɪkbəˌliv/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to make believe at make v.¹ 39d. Etymology: < to make believe at make v.¹ 39d.Compare the isolated Middle English loan facrere n. A. n. 1. a. The action of making believe; pretence, fanciful imagining (esp. that things are better than they really are). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > make-believe make-believe1794 pretence1862 make-believing1867 pretend1883 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] foxingc1220 feignc1320 faintise1340 simulation1340 dissimulingc1374 likenessc1384 dissimulationc1386 coverture1393 dissemblationc1425 assimulationa1450 dissemblec1480 fiction1483 dissemblinga1500 irony1502 dissimulance1508 dissembly?c1550 blindation1588 counterfeisance1590 misseeming1590 supposing1596 dissemblance1602 guise1662 dissimulating1794 make-believe1794 representation1805 sham-Abra(ha)m1828 make-belief1837 pretence1862 make-believing1867 postiche1876 kid-stakes1916 smoke and mirrors1980 1794 E. Inchbald Wedding Day ii. ii. 28 This may be all make-believe, like the poor little boy in the song. 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude IV. lxviii. 62 I was drest like Minerva,..and then the little ones came and worshipped me: 'twas all make believe, you see. 1811 Morning Chron. 9 Apr. Her mourning is all make-believe, She's gay as any linnet. 1818 C. Lamb Three Friends Not that she did really grieve It was only make-believe. 1855 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) II. vii. 331 This great empire is rotten..ceremony, etiquette, conventionality, insincerity,—‘make believe’, in short,—constitute it. 1888 Times 23 June 17/2 The public does not object to magic in small quantities. It is quite ready to join in the game of ‘make-believe’. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage lxxxvi. 451 Philip, living so much in a world of make-believe, found his fancy teeming with new pictures. 1967 D. Potter Nigel Barton Plays 120 I can't join you in all this euphoric make-believe. 1988 L. Appignanesi Simone de Beauvoir i. 9 In the games of make-believe the sisters enacted..it was most often Poupette who took on the dominant role. b. An instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > make-believe > instance of make-believe1818 1818 W. Scott Rob Roy xii. 276 It's hard I should get raps over the costard, and only pay you back in make-believes. 1862 G. A. Sala Accepted Addr. 191 The world is full of make-believes. 1887 A. Jessopp Arcady viii. 234 That old-fashioned place of resort..the village green, has become a mere make-believe now. 1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xxiii. 264 Dreams and make-believes are all very well..but when dark and storm come they fail to satisfy. 1976 ‘W. Trevor’ Children of Dynmouth (1987) (BNC) 115 Surely it was part of a make-believe, like imagining you were playing number three for Somerset? †2. A person who makes believe or pretends; a make-believer. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > make-believe > one who indulges in make-believe1863 make-believer1884 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > one who or that which dissembles feigner1382 pseudo1402 simular1526 simuler1534 colourer1554 counterfeiter1561 truphane1568 counterfeit1574 put-forth1581 pretender1583 impostor1586 idol1590 would-be1607 phantasm1622 farce1696 imposture1699 Barmecide1713 simulator1835 fraud1850 sham1850 fake1855 swindle1858 shammer1861 make-believe1863 hoax1869 economizer1874 make-believer1884 ringer1896 phoney1902 faker1910 shill1976 1863 S. Wilberforce Speeches on Missions (1874) 2 Do not be an idler and make-believe in the work. 1866 A. Trollope Belton Estate II. iv. 94 The ordinary make-believes of society, saying little civil speeches and not going beyond them. B. adj. (chiefly attributive). That makes believe, or results from an attempt to make believe; characteristic or of the nature of make-believe; pretended, imaginary, fanciful. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [adjective] > only in imagination or unreal > make-believe pretending1434 pretend1708 make-believe1806 make-believing1867 make-belief1873 play-play1941 1806 M. A. Lamb Let. 30 May in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1976) II. 227 You say truly that I have sent you too many make-believe letters. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 248 That was a make-believe thing, compared with this. 1852 W. E. Gladstone Exam. Reply Neapolitan Govt. 23 Here, again, I am met with a make-believe reply. 1877 T. A. Trollope Life Pius IX II. iii. iii. 3 The republicans and their make-believe government. 1909 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Avonlea xxiii. 262 In a ‘make believe’ assembly of choice spirits everybody says just the thing you want her to say. 1969 M. Angelou I know why Caged Bird Sings i. 8 The lamplight..gave a soft make-believe feeling to our world. 1989 Independent (BNC) 6 Oct. Mr Rather's reputation for being the soul of integrity in the increasingly make-believe world of American television news has been damaged. Derivatives ˈmake-believer n. a person who makes believe or pretends. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > make-believe > one who indulges in make-believe1863 make-believer1884 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > one who or that which dissembles feigner1382 pseudo1402 simular1526 simuler1534 colourer1554 counterfeiter1561 truphane1568 counterfeit1574 put-forth1581 pretender1583 impostor1586 idol1590 would-be1607 phantasm1622 farce1696 imposture1699 Barmecide1713 simulator1835 fraud1850 sham1850 fake1855 swindle1858 shammer1861 make-believe1863 hoax1869 economizer1874 make-believer1884 ringer1896 phoney1902 faker1910 shill1976 1884 N. Amer. Rev. 138 443 A volume which believers, unbelievers, misbelievers, and make-believers would unite in neglecting or condemning. 1907 G. B. Shaw Major Barbara Pref. in John Bull's Other Island 149 The romantic make-believer lay outside the pale of sympathy in literature. ˈmake-believing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [noun] > make-believe make-believe1794 pretence1862 make-believing1867 pretend1883 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] foxingc1220 feignc1320 faintise1340 simulation1340 dissimulingc1374 likenessc1384 dissimulationc1386 coverture1393 dissemblationc1425 assimulationa1450 dissemblec1480 fiction1483 dissemblinga1500 irony1502 dissimulance1508 dissembly?c1550 blindation1588 counterfeisance1590 misseeming1590 supposing1596 dissemblance1602 guise1662 dissimulating1794 make-believe1794 representation1805 sham-Abra(ha)m1828 make-belief1837 pretence1862 make-believing1867 postiche1876 kid-stakes1916 smoke and mirrors1980 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > [adjective] > only in imagination or unreal > make-believe pretending1434 pretend1708 make-believe1806 make-believing1867 make-belief1873 play-play1941 1867 J. G. Whittier Tent on Beach 73 The while he heard, the Book-man drew A length of make-believing face. 1899 B. Harraden Fowler 125 Children..not tiring easily of their many make-believings. 1909 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 Mar. 105/2 A little make-believing girl, not unlike..the make-believing child of the ‘Child's Garden of Verses’. 1954 T. S. Eliot Confidential Clerk 1. 40 It begins as a kind of make-believe And the make-believing makes it real. 1957 L. MacNeice Visitations 17 Coral islands of first love Where makebelieving boy and girl Assume the music of the spheres. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1794
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