pretend
/prɪˈtɛnd/
verb
1 with clause or infinitive - Behave so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.
1.1 Engage in an imaginative game or fantasy.
1.2 with object Give the appearance of feeling or possessing (an emotion or quality); simulate.
2 pretend to - no object - Lay claim to (a quality or title)
adjective
informal attributive
Not really what it is represented as being; imaginary.
Origin
Late Middle English from Latin praetendere ‘stretch forth, claim’, from prae
‘before’ + tendere ‘stretch’. The adjective dates from the early 20th
century.
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It's just in your mind,
The skill you would find,
So pretend if you wish
To turn birds into fish.
