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   Play·act

   /ˈplāˌak(t)/

   

   verb

   • 1. engage in pretense in order to trick someone or gain an advantage: "I am a professional and I would never playact to get someone sent off"
   • 2. act in a play: "they don costumes and playact on stage in the town's unoccupied theater"
   • ▪ act (a scene, role, etc.): "they were play-acting a western duel"

   Derivatives

   • 1. playactor noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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