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Definition of feign

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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..

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Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (v. i.) To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

False :: False (a.) To feign; to pretend to make.

Dissemble :: Dissemble (v. t.) To put on the semblance of; to make pretense of; to simulate; to feign.

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..

Fictitious :: Fictitious (a.) Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame..

Dummerer :: Dummerer (n.) One who feigns dumbness.

Irony :: Irony (n.) Dissimulation; ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.

Feign :: Feign (v. t.) To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness..

Dissimulate :: Dissimulate (v. i.) To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

Simulate :: Simulate (a.) Feigned; pretended.

Feyne :: Feyne (v. t.) To feign.

Pretend :: Pretend (v. i.) To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep..

Fictive :: Fictive (a.) Feigned; counterfeit.

Borrow :: Borrow (v. t.) To feign or counterfeit.

Fabulous :: Fabulous (a.) Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised; invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous description; a fabulous hero..

Pretensed :: Pretensed (a.) Pretended; feigned.

Dissimulation :: Dissimulation (n.) The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy.

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..

Personate :: Personate (v. t.) To assume the character of; to represent by a fictitious appearance; to act the part of; hence, to counterfeit; to feign; as, he tried to personate his brother; a personated devotion..

Feigned :: Feigned (imp. & p. p.) of Feig.