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feign    Audio Help   [feyn] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
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.
–verb (used without object)
4.to make believe; pretend: She's only feigning, she isn't really ill.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME fei(g)nen < OF feign-, present s. of feindre < L fingere to shape, invent, feign]

—Related forms
feigner, noun
feign·ing·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 4. See pretend.
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Main Entry:  feign
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  artificial, feigned, fictitious
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Main Entry:  feign
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  malingering
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Main Entry:  feign
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  act, affect, allege, assume, avoid, bluff, conceal, concoct, counterfeit, devise, disguise, dissemble, fabricate, fake, imagine, invent, malinger, pose, pretend, sham, simulate, personate
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