'Feign' definitions:
Definition of 'feign'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Feign'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'feign'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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