feign
feign definition
feign (fān)
transitive verb
- Obsolete to form; shape
- to make up (a story, excuse, etc.); invent; fabricate
- to make a false show of; pretend; imitate; simulate
- Archaic to imagine
Etymology: ME feinen < OFr feindre (prp. feignant) < L fingere, to touch, handle, shape: see figure
intransitive verb
to pretend; dissemble
Related Forms:
- feigner feign′er noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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