feign

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old French feindre to pretend, from Latin fingere to form, shape, invent.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to feign

Third person singular
feigns

Simple past
feigned

Past participle
feigned

Present participle
feigning

to feign (third-person singular simple present feigns, present participle feigning, simple past and past participle feigned)

  1. To give a mental existence to something that is not real or actual; to imagine; to invent; to pretend; to form and relate as if true.
    He feigned that he had gone home at the appointed time.
  2. To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit.
    The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.
  3. To dissemble; to conceal.
    Jessica feigned the fact that she had not done her homework.

[edit] Translations

to give a mental existence to something
to represent by a false appearance of
to dissemble
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