Definition of feign

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Feign (v. t.) To dissemble; to conceal.

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Feign :: Feign (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..
Feigning :: Feigning (a.) That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false.
Incognito :: Incognito (a.) The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.
Sincerely :: Sincerely (adv.) Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely..
Simulate :: Simulate (a.) Feigned; pretended.
Fabulous :: Fabulous (a.) Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero..
Feigning :: Feigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feig.
Pretender :: Pretender (n.) One who pretends, simulates, or feigns..
Dissimulation :: Dissimulation (n.) The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.
Hypocrisy :: Hypocrisy (n.) The act or practice of a hypocrite; a feigning to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; a dissimulation, or a concealment of one's real character, disposition, or motives; especially, the assuming of false appearance of virtue or religion; a simulation of goodness..
Dissimulate :: Dissimulate (v. i.) To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
Feint :: Feint (a.) That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
Simulator :: Simulator (n.) One who simulates, or feigns..
Dummerer :: Dummerer (n.) One who feigns dumbness.
Dissemble :: Dissemble (v. t.) To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.
Feigner :: Feigner (n.) One who feigns or pretends.
Malinger :: Malinger (v. i.) To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability.
Feine :: Feine (v. t. & i.) To feign.
Pretence :: Pretence (n.) The act of holding out, or offering, to others something false or feigned; presentation of what is deceptive or hypocritical; deception by showing what is unreal and concealing what is real; false show; simulation; as, pretense of illness; under pretense of patriotism; on pretense of revenging Caesar's death..
Simulation :: Simulation (n.) The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; -- distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true..
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