About The Word Feign
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Feign Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Feign?
[v] make believe; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"
[v] make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" Synonyms | Synonyms for Feign: affect | assume | dissemble | pretend | sham | sham | simulate Related Terms | Find terms related to Feign: act | act a part | affect | assume | bluff | counterfeit | cover up | dissemble | dissimulate | do a bit | dramatize | fake | four-flush | gammon | histrionize | let on | let on like | make a pretense | make as if | make believe | make like | make out like | overact | play | play a part | play a scene | play possum | playact | pretend | profess | put on | put on airs | sham | simulate | tug the heartstrings | wear See Also | act | belie | bull | bullshit | dissemble | fake | feint | misrepresent | mouth | play | play possum | pretend | take a dive Feign In Webster's Dictionary \Feign\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feigned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Feigning}.] [OE. feinen, F. feindre (p. pr. feignant), fr.
L. fingere; akin to L. figura figure,and E. dough. See
{Dough}, and cf. {Figure}, {Faint}, {Effigy}, {Fiction}.]
1. To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or
actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form
and relate as if true.
There are no such things done as thou sayest, but
thou feignest them out of thine own heart. --Neh.
vi. 8.
The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones,
and floods. --Shak.
2. To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to
counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness. --Shak.
3. To dissemble; to conceal. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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