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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Feign \Feign\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feigned; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Feigning.] [OE. feinen, F. feindre (p. pr. feignant), fr.
     L. fingere; akin to L. figura figure,and E. dough. See
     Dough, and cf. Figure, Faint, Effigy, Fiction.]
     1. To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or
        actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form
        and relate as if true.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              There are no such things done as thou sayest, but
              thou feignest them out of thine own heart. --Neh.
                                                    vi. 8.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The poet
              Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and
              floods.                               --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to
        counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To dissemble; to conceal. [Obs.] --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Feign \Feign\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feigned; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Feigning.] [OE. feinen, F. feindre (p. pr. feignant), fr.
     L. fingere; akin to L. figura figure,and E. dough. See
     Dough, and cf. Figure, Faint, Effigy, Fiction.]
     1. To give a mental existence to, as to something not real or
        actual; to imagine; to invent; hence, to pretend; to form
        and relate as if true.
  
              There are no such things done as thou sayest, but
              thou feignest them out of thine own heart. --Neh.
                                                    vi. 8.
  
              The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones,
              and floods.                           --Shak.
  
     2. To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to
        counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness. --Shak.
  
     3. To dissemble; to conceal. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  feign
       v 1: make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he
            was ill"; "He shammed a headache" [syn: sham, pretend,
             affect, dissemble]
       2: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though
          she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn: simulate,
           assume, sham]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  feign
     vb.
     To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  feign
     vb.
     To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  feign
     vb.
     To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  feign
     vb.
     To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  feign
     Englanti vb.
     teeskennellä, tekeytyä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  feign
     Engelska vb.
     uppdikta, hitta på

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Feign /fˈeɪn/
  إختلق

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  feign //feɪn// 
  1. заблуждавам
  to hide, conceal, or dissemble
  2. измислям
  to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
  3. симулирам, преструвам се
  to make a false show

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  feign /fˈeɪn/ 
  předstírat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  feign /fˈeɪn/ 
  fingovat

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  feign /fˈeɪn/
  
  προσποιούμαι, επιτηδεύομαι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  feign //feɪn// 
  1. peitellä, salata
  to hide, conceal, or dissemble
  2. kuvitella
  to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
  3. teeskennellä, tekeytyä
  to make a false show

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  feign /fˈeɪn/ 
  1. बहाना~करना
        "Mohan feigns sleep when he does not want to study."
        ""feint","N","1.बनावटी~आक्रमण""
        "The player feinted with his left hand and threw the ball with his right hand."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  feign /fˈeɪn/
  izigravati, izmisliti, predstavljati

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  feign //feɪn// 
  装う, 見せ掛ける
  to make a false show

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  feign //feɪn// 
  simulere, spille
  to make a false show

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  feign /feɪn/ 
    udawać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  feign /fein/
  aparentar, fingir, simular

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  feign /fein/
  fingir

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  feign //feɪn// 
  1. dölja
  to hide, conceal, or dissemble
  2. låtsas
  to imagine, to invent, to pretend; to give a mental existence to something
  3. fingera, förege, uppdikta
  to make a false show

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  feign /fˈeɪn/
  1. yapar gibi görünmek
  2. olduğundan başka görünmek, taklit etmek. feign madness deli taklidi yapmak. feignedly, feiningly  sahte olarak, hile ile.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfeɪn/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "feign":
     act, act a part, affect, assume, bluff, counterfeit, cover up,
     dissemble, dissimulate, do a bit, dramatize, fake, four-flush,
     gammon, histrionize, let on, let on like, make a pretense,
     make as if, make believe, make like, make out like, overact, play,
     play a part, play a scene, play possum, playact, pretend, profess,
     put on, put on airs, sham, simulate, tug the heartstrings, wear
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 假装,装作;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 假装,装作
     vi. 作假

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