Definition of Feign

v. t.1.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.
[imp. & p. p. Feigned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Feigning.]
2.To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness.
3.To dissemble; to conceal.


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act, act a part, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, cover up, dissemble, dissimulate, do a bit, dramatize, fake, four-flush, gammon, histrionize, let on, let on like, make a pretense, make as if, make believe, make like, make out like, overact, play, play a part, play a scene, play possum, playact, pretend, profess, put on, put on airs, sham, simulate, tug the heartstrings, wear


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