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Definition of Feign
1. Verb. Make believe with the intent to deceive. "He shammed a headache"
Generic synonyms: Belie, Misrepresent
Related verbs: Make, Make Believe, Pretend
Specialized synonyms: Play Possum, Take A Dive, Bull, Bullshit, Fake, Talk Through One's Hat, Mouth
Derivative terms: Dissembler, Dissembling, Feigning, Pretender, Pretending, Pretense, Pretense, Sham, Shammer, Shammer
2. Verb. Make a pretence of. "He feigned sleep"
Generic synonyms: Act, Dissemble, Pretend
Specialized synonyms: Play, Feint
Derivative terms: Feigning, Sham, Shammer, Shammer, Simulation
Definition of Feign
1. v. t. To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true.
Definition of Feign
1. Verb. To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit. ¹
2. Verb. To give a mental existence to something that is not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; to pretend; to form and relate as if true. ¹
3. Verb. To dissemble; to conceal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Feign
1. to pretend [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: pretend
Medical Definition of Feign
1. 1. To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form and relate as if true. "There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart." (Neh. Vi. 8) "The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods." (Shak) 2. To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness. 3. To dissemble; to conceal. Origin: OE. Feinen, F. Feindre (p. Pr. Feignant), fr. L. Fingere; akin to L. Figura figure,and E. Dough. See Dough, and cf. Figure, Faint, Effigy, Fiction. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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