Feign

verb

/feɪn/

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.verbTo make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

"The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam."

2.verbTo imagine; to invent; to pretend.

"He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time."

3.verbTo make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent.

4.verbTo hide or conceal.

"Jessica feigned the fact that she had not done her homework."

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