Definition of feign

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Feign (v. t.) To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness..

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Assimulate :: Assimulate (v. t.) To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate; to resemble.
Figment :: Figment (n.) An invention; a fiction; something feigned or imagined.
Schesis :: Schesis (n.) A figure of speech whereby the mental habitude of an adversary or opponent is feigned for the purpose of arguing against him.
Artificial :: Artificial (a.) Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
Misfeign :: Misfeign (v. i.) To feign with an evil design.
Fictive :: Fictive (a.) Feigned; counterfeit.
Fable :: Fable (n.) A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under Apologue..
Make-believe :: Make-believe (a.) Feigned; insincere.
Sincerely :: Sincerely (adv.) Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely..
Pretensed :: Pretensed (a.) Pretended; feigned.
Fiction :: Fiction (n.) The act of feigning, inventing, or imagining; as, by a mere fiction of the mind..
Pretend :: Pretend (v. i.) To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep..
Feyne :: Feyne (v. t.) To feign.
Dummy :: Dummy (a.) Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch..
Act :: Act (v. t.) To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who pretends, simulates, or feigns..
Malingerer :: Malingerer (n.) In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability..
Feigner :: Feigner (n.) One who feigns or pretends.
Dissimulation :: Dissimulation (n.) The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.
Issue :: Issue (n.) In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. See General issue, under General, and Feigned issue, under Feigned..
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