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ALL meanings of feign

feign
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  • verb with object feign to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness. 1
  • verb with object feign to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse. 1
  • verb with object feign to imitate deceptively: to feign another's voice. 1
  • verb without object feign to make believe; pretend: She's only feigning, she isn't really ill. 1
  • noun feign Pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury). 1
  • transitive verb feign fake, pretend 1
  • verb feign If someone feigns 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. 0
  • verb feign to put on a show of (a quality or emotion); pretend 0
  • verb feign to make up; invent 0
  • verb feign to copy; imitate 0
  • verb transitive feign to form; shape 0
  • verb transitive feign to make up (a story, excuse, etc.); invent; fabricate 0
  • verb transitive feign to make a false show of; pretend; imitate; simulate 0
  • verb transitive feign to imagine 0
  • intransitive verb feign to pretend; dissemble 0
  • verb feign To make a false copy or version of; to counterfeit. 0
  • verb feign To imagine; to invent; to pretend. 0
  • verb feign To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent. 0
  • verb feign To hide or conceal. 0
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