Definition of feign

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

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Feint :: Feint (a.) That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
Act :: Act (v. t.) To feign or counterfeit; to simulate.
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..
Simulate :: Simulate (v. t.) To assume the mere appearance of, without the reality; to assume the signs or indications of, falsely; to counterfeit; to feign..
Hypocrite :: Hypocrite (n.) One who plays a part; especially, one who, for the purpose of winning approbation of favor, puts on a fair outside seeming; one who feigns to be other and better than he is; a false pretender to virtue or piety; one who simulates virtue or piety..
Pretend :: Pretend (v. t.) To hold out, or represent, falsely; to put forward, or offer, as true or real (something untrue or unreal); to show hypocritically, or for the purpose of deceiving; to simulate; to feign; as, to pretend friendship..
Feyne :: Feyne (v. t.) To feign.
Dissimulation :: Dissimulation (n.) The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.
Fictitious :: Fictitious (a.) Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame..
Sham :: Sham (a.) False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham fight..
Malinger :: Malinger (v. i.) To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability.
Fable :: Fable (v. t.) To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely..
Sincerely :: Sincerely (adv.) Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely..
Feigning :: Feigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feig.
Misfeign :: Misfeign (v. i.) To feign with an evil design.
Feign :: Feign (v. t.) To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness..
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (v. i.) To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
Fictive :: Fictive (a.) Feigned; counterfeit.
Sham :: Sham (v. i.) To make false pretenses; to deceive; to feign; to impose.
Artificial :: Artificial (a.) Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
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