FEIGN, v.t. fane. [L. fingo. The Latin forms fictum, fictus, whence figura, figure, also fucus.] 1. To invent or imagine; to form an idea or conception of something not real.There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. Neh. 6.2. To make a show of; to pretend; to assume a false appearance; to counterfeit.I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner. 2Sam. 14.She feigns a laugh.3. To represent falsely; to pretend; to form and relate a fictitious tale.The poet did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods.4. To dissemble; to conceal. Obs.
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