Definition of feign

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

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Malingerer :: Malingerer (n.) In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by pretending illness or inability..
Fiction :: Fiction (n.) That which is feigned, invented, or imagined; especially, a feigned or invented story, whether oral or written. Hence: A story told in order to deceive; a fabrication; -- opposed to fact, or reality..
Malinger :: Malinger (v. i.) To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability.
Make-believe :: Make-believe (a.) Feigned; insincere.
Feigned :: Feigned (a.) Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false.
Pretensed :: Pretensed (a.) Pretended; feigned.
Sincerely :: Sincerely (adv.) Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely..
Incognito :: Incognito (a.) The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.
Dissimulate :: Dissimulate (v. i.) To dissemble; to feign; to pretend.
Feign :: Feign (v. t.) To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness..
Dissemble :: Dissemble (v. t.) To hide under a false semblance or seeming; to feign (something) not to be what it really is; to put an untrue appearance upon; to disguise; to mask.
Fictitious :: Fictitious (a.) Feigned; imaginary; not real; fabulous; counterfeit; false; not genuine; as, fictitious fame..
Feigning :: Feigning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Feig.
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..
Artificial :: Artificial (a.) Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
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..
False :: False (a.) To feign; to pretend to make.
Dummy :: Dummy (a.) Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch..
Feint :: Feint (a.) That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
Feign :: Feign (v. t.) To dissemble; to conceal.
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