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F0012800 (fān)v. feigned, feign·ing, feigns v.tr.1. a. To give a false appearance of: feign sleep.b. To represent falsely; pretend to: feign authorship of a novel.2. To imitate so as to deceive: feign another's voice.3. To fabricate: feigned an excuse.4. Archaic To invent or imagine.v.intr. To pretend; dissemble.

[Middle English feinen, from Old French feindre, from Latin fingere, to shape, form; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots.]

feign

(feɪn) vb1. to put on a show of (a quality or emotion); pretend: to feign innocence. 2. (tr) to make up; invent: to feign an excuse. 3. (tr) to copy; imitate: to feign someone's laugh. [C13: from Old French feindre to pretend, from Latin fingere to form, shape, invent] ˈfeigner n ˈfeigningly adv

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v.t. 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. v.i. 4. to make believe; pretend: He is only feigning. [1250–1300; Middle English < Old French < Latin fingere to shape] feign′er, n. feign′ing•ly, adv. syn: See pretend.

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Past participle: feigned
Gerund: feigning

Imperative
feign
feign

Present
I feign
you feign
he/she/it feigns
we feign
you feign
they feign

Preterite
I feigned
you feigned
he/she/it feigned
we feigned
you feigned
they feigned

Present Continuous
I am feigning
you are feigning
he/she/it is feigning
we are feigning
you are feigning
they are feigning

Present Perfect
I have feigned
you have feigned
he/she/it has feigned
we have feigned
you have feigned
they have feigned

Past Continuous
I was feigning
you were feigning
he/she/it was feigning
we were feigning
you were feigning
they were feigning

Past Perfect
I had feigned
you had feigned
he/she/it had feigned
we had feigned
you had feigned
they had feigned

Future
I will feign
you will feign
he/she/it will feign
we will feign
you will feign
they will feign

Future Perfect
I will have feigned
you will have feigned
he/she/it will have feigned
we will have feigned
you will have feigned
they will have feigned

Future Continuous
I will be feigning
you will be feigning
he/she/it will be feigning
we will be feigning
you will be feigning
they will be feigning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been feigning
you have been feigning
he/she/it has been feigning
we have been feigning
you have been feigning
they have been feigning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been feigning
you will have been feigning
he/she/it will have been feigning
we will have been feigning
you will have been feigning
they will have been feigning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been feigning
you had been feigning
he/she/it had been feigning
we had been feigning
you had been feigning
they had been feigning

Conditional
I would feign
you would feign
he/she/it would feign
we would feign
you would feign
they would feign

Past Conditional
I would have feigned
you would have feigned
he/she/it would have feigned
we would have feigned
you would have feigned
they would have feigned

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	feign - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"dissemble, pretend, sham, affectmisrepresent, belie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"make believe, pretend, make - represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"play possum - to pretend to be deadtake a dive - pretend to be knocked out, as of a boxerbullshit, talk through one's hat, bull, fake - speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"mouth - articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word"
	2.	feign - make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"sham, simulate, assumepretend, dissemble, act - behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"play - pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity; "Let's play like I am mommy"; "Play cowboy and Indians"feint - deceive by a mock action; "The midfielder feinted to shoot"

feign

verb pretend, affect, assume, put on, devise, forge, fake, imitate, simulate, sham, act, fabricate, counterfeit, give the appearance of, dissemble, make a show of You can't feign interest in something you loathe.

feign

verb1. To take on or give a false appearance of:affect, assume, counterfeit, fake, pretend, put on, sham, simulate.Idiom: make believe.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.3. To contrive and present as genuine:counterfeit, fake, pretend, simulate.Idioms: make believe, put on an act.4. To claim or allege insincerely or falsely:pretend, profess.

Translations

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(fein) verb to pretend to feel. He feigned illness.假装feigned adjective pretended. feigned happiness.假装的

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verb pretend

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verb to take on or give a false appearance of

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verb to behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of

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verb to contrive and present as genuine

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verb to claim or allege insincerely or falsely

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verb make believe with the intent to deceive

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verb make a pretence of

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