Feign meaning
To feign is defined as to make up a story or act in a way that you don't feel.
An example of to feign is to seem like you’re sick to get out of going to school.
verb
To imitate so as to deceive.
Feign another's voice.
verb
To make up (a story, excuse, etc.); invent; fabricate.
verb
To fabricate.
Feigned an excuse.
verb
To invent or imagine.
verb
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To pretend; dissemble.
verb
To form; shape.
verb
To make a false show of; pretend; imitate; simulate.
verb
To imagine.
verb
To pretend; dissemble.
verb
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To make a false copy or version of; to counterfeit.
The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.
They feigned her signature on the cheque.
verb
To imagine; to invent; to pretend.
He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.
verb
To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent.
verb
To hide or conceal.
Jessica feigned the fact that she had not done her homework.
verb
Origin of feign
- Middle English feinen from Old French feindre from Latin fingere to shape, form dheigh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English, from Old French feindre (“to pretend”), from Latin fingere (“to form, shape, invent”).
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