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feigned Definition


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feign
verb
    feigned, feigning
    1. To pretend to have (eg an illness) or feel (an emotion, etc); to invent.
      Thesaurus: pretend, act, fake, simulate, put on, counterfeit, imitate, fabricate, affect, make a show of, dissemble, assume.
Derivative: feigning
noun
    Etymology: 13c: from Latin fingere to contrive.





    feigned
    adj
      1. Pretended or simulated.
        Thesaurus: pretended, artificial, imitation, fabricated, counterfeit, simulated, affected, false, fake, sham, pseudo, spurious; Antonym: genuine, sincere.
      2. Imagined.


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