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feint

  [feynt]
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–noun
1. a movement made in order to deceive an adversary; an attack aimed at one place or point merely as a distraction from the real place or point of attack: military feints; the feints of a skilled fencer.
2. a feigned or assumed appearance: His air of approval was a feint to conceal his real motives.
–verb (used without object)
3. to make a feint.
–verb (used with object)
4. to make a feint at; deceive with a feint.
5. to make a false show of; simulate.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < OF feinte, n. use of fem. of feint pretended, ptp. of feindre to feign

feints

  [feynts]
–plural noun
faints.
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feint   (fānt)   
n.  

  1. A feigned attack designed to draw defensive action away from an intended target.

  2. A deceptive action calculated to divert attention from one's real purpose. See Synonyms at wile.

v.   feint·ed, feint·ing, feints

v.   intr.
To make a feint.
v.   tr.

  1. To deceive with a feint.

  2. To make a deceptive show of.


[French feinte, from Old French, from past participle of feindre, to feign; see feign.]
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