FEIGN


Meaning of FEIGN in English

— 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 .

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