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Definition of: feign
(fān) v.t.
1. To make a false show of; simulate; pretend.
2. To invent deceptively, as excuses.
3. To make up or imagine, as myths or stories.
—v.t.
4. To pretend; dissimulate. See synonyms under ASSUME, PRETEND. ♦ Homophones: fain, fane. [<OF feindre <L fingere shape]
—feign·ed·ly (fā′·nid·lē),
—feign′ing·ly adverb
—feign′er noun
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