feign

verbA2

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verb

V_es/s

feigns

V_ing/Gerund

feigning

V_ed/pp

feigned

1.
To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.
They feigned her signature on the cheque.
2.
To imagine; to invent; to pretend to do something.
He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.
Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
3.
To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent; to feint.

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Đồng nghĩa

frontput on airsrepresent by a false appearance front, put on airs

Cùng gốc / liên quan

feignablefeignedfeignerfeignfulunfeigned

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro itc-pro ine-pro From Middle English feynen, feinen, borrowed from Old French feindre (to pretend), from Latin fingere (to form, shape, invent). Compare feignant. Also compare feint, figment and fiction.