transcription, транскрипция: [ feɪn ]
( feigns, feigning, feigned)
If someone feigns a particular feeling, attitude, or physical condition, they try to make other people think that they have it or are experiencing it, although this is not true. ( FORMAL )
One morning, I didn’t want to go to school, and decided to feign illness...
‘Giles phoned this morning,’ Mirella said with feigned indifference.
= affect
VERB : V n , V-ed , also V to-inf