feign

feign
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. simulate, pretend, counterfeit, sham. See falsehood, affectation.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
Syn. pretend, simulate, invent, fabricate; see invent 2 , pretend 1 .
See Synonym Study at pretend .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v.
[FANE]
to make up, invent or fake.
Though he had never cared for his uncle, Joe decided to feign sympathy for him at the funeral.
SYN.: make up, invent, fake, simulate, affect, pretend, assume, pose, bluff, *put on an act, sham, dissemble.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To take on or give a false appearance of: affect2, assume, counterfeit, fake, pretend, put on, sham, simulate. Idiom: make believe. See TRUE. 2. To behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of: act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, play-act, pose, pretend, put on, sham, simulate. See HONEST, TRUE. 3. To contrive and present as genuine: counterfeit, fake, pretend, simulate. Idioms: make believe, put on an act. See TRUE. 4. To claim or allege insincerely or falsely: pretend, profess. See TRUE.

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  • feign´er — feign «fayn», transitive verb. 1. to put on a false appearance of; make believe; pretend: »Some animals feign death when in danger. SYNONYM(S): assume, affect, simulate, sham. 2. to make up to deceive; invent falsely: »to feign an excuse …   Useful english dictionary

  • Feign — Feign, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feigned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Feigning}.] [OE. feinen, F. feindre (p. pr. feignant), fr. L. fingere; akin to L. figura figure,and E. dough. See {Dough}, and cf. {Figure}, {Faint}, {Effigy}, {Fiction}.] 1. To give a mental …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • feign — c.1300, from O.Fr. feign , prp. stem of feindre pretend, represent, imitate, shirk (12c.), from L. fingere to touch, handle; devise; fabricate, alter, change (see FICTION (Cf. fiction)). Related: Feigned; feigning …   Etymology dictionary

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  • feign — I verb affect, beguile, belie, cheat, concoct, counterfeit, create a false appearance, deceive, delude, disguise, dissemble, dissimulate, distort the truth, fabricate, falsify, fingere, imagine, imitate deceptively, impersonate, lack candor, he… …   Law dictionary

  • feign — [feın] v [T] formal [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: feindre, from Latin fingere to shape, pretend ] to pretend to have a particular feeling or to be ill, asleep etc ▪ Feigning a headache, I went upstairs to my room …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • feign — [ feın ] verb transitive FORMAL to pretend to have a particular feeling: OK, she said, feigning indifference …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • feign — simulate, counterfeit, sham, pretend, affect, *assume Analogous words: fabricate, manufacture, forge (see MAKE): dissemble, *disguise, cloak, mask, camouflage …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • feign — [v] pretend act, affect, assume, bluff*, counterfeit, devise, dissemble, dissimulate, do a bit*, fabricate, fake, forge, four flush*, give appearance of, imagine, imitate, invent, make show of*, phony up*, play, play possum*, put on, put on act* …   New thesaurus

  • feign — ► VERB ▪ pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury). ORIGIN Old French feindre, from Latin fingere mould, contrive …   English terms dictionary

  • feign — [fān] vt. [ME feinen < OFr feindre (prp. feignant) < L fingere, to touch, handle, shape: see FIGURE] 1. Obs. to form; shape 2. to make up (a story, excuse, etc.); invent; fabricate 3. to make a false show of; pretend; imitate; simulate 4.… …   English World dictionary

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