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Sham \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 \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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Sham \Sham\ (sh[a^]m), 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 \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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