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Definition of Make as if
1. Verb. Begin or appear to begin an action. "He made as if to shake my hand"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Make As If
Literary usage of Make as if
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons from the Restoration to (1742)
"... lays he finds fome are fo ready to make, as if he had eall'd us together only
to get Money from us, or for other Ules than we would have it employ'd. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"make as if. Appear, seem, feign, pretend, make believe, act as if, show, ...
Pretend, feign, appear, seem, act as if, make as if. Make away With. ..."
3. Natural Theology: Comprising a Discourse of Natural Theology, Dialogues on by Henry Brougham Brougham and Vaux (1856)
"and he asks what such reasoners would think were it also contended that animals
do not see, but make as if they saw; nor hear, but make as if they heard; ..."
4. Dialogues on Instinct: With Analytical View of the Researches on Fossil by Henry Brougham Brougham and Vaux (1844)
"and he asks what such reasoners would think were it also contended that animals
do not see, but make as if they saw; nor hear, but make as if they heard ..."
5. The Works of the Rev. Joseph Bellamy, D.D., Late of Bethlem, Connecticut by Joseph Bellamy, Noah Benedict (1811)
"... and not pretended he did all from mere grace, which is to affront us, and make
as if that constitution was holy, just, and good, and we righteous. .VOL. ..."
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