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feign
[ feyn ]
verb (used with object)
- to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of:
to feign sickness.
- to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse.
- to imitate deceptively:
to feign another's voice.
verb (used without object)
- to make believe; pretend:
She's only feigning, she isn't really ill.
feign
/ feɪn /
verb
- to put on a show of (a quality or emotion); pretend
to feign innocence
- tr to make up; invent
to feign an excuse
- tr to copy; imitate
to feign someone's laugh
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Derived Forms
- ˈfeigningly, adverb
- ˈfeigner, noun
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Other Words From
- feign·er noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of feign1
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English fei(g)nen, from Old French feign-, present stem of faindre, feindre, from Latin fingere “to feign, invent, shape”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of feign1
C13: from Old French feindre to pretend, from Latin fingere to form, shape, invent
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Synonym Study
See pretend.
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