(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If someone ~s 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 ~ illness...
‘Giles phoned this morning,’ Mirella said with ~ed indifference.
= affect
VERB: V n, V-ed, also V to-inf