— feigner , n. — feigningly , adv.
/fayn/ , v.t.
1. to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.
2. to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse.
3. to imitate deceptively: to feign another's voice.
v.i.
4. to make believe; pretend: She's only feigning, she isn't really ill.
[ 1250-1300; ME fei ( g ) nen feign-, present s. of feindre fingere to shape, invent, feign ]
Syn. 4. See pretend .