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Feign
Verb
Definitions
1.
Verb
To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
"The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.; They feigned her signature on the cheque."
2.
Verb
To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
"He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time."
3.
Verb
To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.
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