Definitions
make believe with the intent to deceive
Word origin
From Middle English feynen, feinen, borrowed from Old French feindre (“to pretend”), from Latin fingere (“to form, shape, invent”). Compare French feignant (present participle of feindre, literally “feigning”). Also compare feint, figment and fiction.
Used in a sentence
“The pupil feigned sickness on the day of his exam.”
“They feigned her signature on the cheque.”
“[T]he truest poetry is the most feigning, and lovers are given to poetry, and what they swear in poetry may be said as lovers they do feign.”
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01“Pretend”5 letters
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