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feign definition

feign (fān)

transitive verb

  1. Obsolete to form; shape
  2. to make up (a story, excuse, etc.); invent; fabricate
  3. to make a false show of; pretend; imitate; simulate
  4. Archaic to imagine

Etymology: ME feinen < OFr feindre (prp. feignant) < L fingere, to touch, handle, shape: see figure

intransitive verb

to pretend; dissemble

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