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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

make believe

/māk bĭl-ēv'/ · make· be·lieve · IPA
01 v. i. To pretend; -- often used with that, but often having the that omitted; as, he made believe he didn't hear her; or he made believe that he …
  1. 1.
    To pretend; -- often used with that, but often having the that omitted; as, he made believe he didn't hear her; or he made believe that he didn't hear her.