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feign (verb), feigns; feigned; feigning
1. To pretend to have a particular feeling.
2. To make believe with the intent to deceive or to make a pretence of doing something.
3. Etymology: from Old French feign-, stem of feindre, "to pretend, to represent, to imitate, to shirk"; from Latin fingere, "to touch, to handle; to devise; to fabricate, to alter, to change"; and "to form, to fashion, to shape".
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2. To make believe with the intent to deceive or to make a pretence of doing something.
3. Etymology: from Old French feign-, stem of feindre, "to pretend, to represent, to imitate, to shirk"; from Latin fingere, "to touch, to handle; to devise; to fabricate, to alter, to change"; and "to form, to fashion, to shape".
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feigned (adjective), more feigned, most feigned
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“feigned”
(Old English: -leas, from leas, "free from, devoid of, false, feigned"; suffix meaning "lacking")