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feign

  [feyn]
Use feigner in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to represent fictitiously; put on an appearance of: to feign sickness.
2. to invent fictitiously or deceptively, as a story or an excuse.
3. to imitate deceptively: to feign another's voice.
–verb (used without object)
4. to make believe; pretend: She's only feigning, she isn't really ill.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME fei(g)nen < OF feign-, present s. of feindre < L fingere to shape, invent, feign

Related forms:
feigner, noun
feign⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
4. See pretend.
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