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Feign

Feign Definition And Meaning
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.

Feign Definition And Meaning

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"

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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