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feign

verb

Meaning

  1. verbTo make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

    Example: The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.

  2. verbTo imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.

    Example: He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.

  3. verbTo make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.

Source: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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