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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, tekeytyäFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
feign Engelska vb. uppdikta, hitta påFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Feign /fˈeɪn/ إختلقFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
feign //feɪn//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]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
feign /fˈeɪn/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]předstírat
feign /fˈeɪn/From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]fingovat
feign /fˈeɪn/ προσποιούμαι, επιτηδεύομαιFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
feign //feɪn//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]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
feign /fˈeɪn/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]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."
feign /fˈeɪn/ izigravati, izmisliti, predstavljatiFrom English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
feign //feɪn//From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]装う, 見せ掛ける to make a false show
feign //feɪn//From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]simulere, spille to make a false show
feign /feɪn/From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]udawać
feign /fein/ aparentar, fingir, simularFrom English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:eng-spa ]
feign /fein/ fingirFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
feign //feɪn//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]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
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 ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈfeɪn/
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, wearFrom 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