feign

Definitions


[feɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- pretend to be affected by (a feeling, state, or injury)
(e.g: she feigned nervousness)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French feign-, stem of feindre, from Latin fingere ‘mould, contrive’. Senses in Middle English (taken from Latin) included ‘make something’, ‘invent a story, excuse, or allegation’, hence ‘make a pretence of a feeling or response’. Compare with fiction and figment




definition by Oxford Dictionaries