SHAM
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Sham (shăm), n. [Originally the same word as shame, hence, a disgrace, a trick. See Shame, n.] 1. That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoints; a make-believe; delusion; imposture; humbug. “A mere sham.” Bp. Stillingfleet.
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Believe who will the solemn sham, not I.
Addison.
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2. A false front, or removable ornamental covering.
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Pillow sham, a covering to be laid on a pillow.
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Sham, a. False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight.
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They scorned the sham independence proffered to them by the Athenians.
Jowett (Thucyd)
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Sham, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shammed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Shamming.] 1. To trick; to cheat; to deceive or delude with false pretenses.
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Fooled and shammed into a conviction.
L'Estrange.
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2. To obtrude by fraud or imposition. [R.]
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We must have a care that we do not . . . sham fallacies upon the world for current reason.
L'Estrange.
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3. To assume the manner and character of; to imitate; to ape; to feign.
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To sham Abram or To sham Abraham, to feign sickness; to malinger. Hence a malingerer is called, in sailors' cant, Sham Abram, or Sham Abraham.
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Sham, v. i. To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
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Wondering . . . whether those who lectured him were such fools as they professed to be, or were only shamming.
Macaulay.
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