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[ noun ] something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason
Synonyms Used in print (Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)He was , in the words of Irenaeus , `` beguiled by another under the pretext of immortality '' . |
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