Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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feign | verb t. | 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., To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness., To dissemble; to conceal. |
feine | verb t. & i. | To feign. |
feint | adjective | Feigned; counterfeit., That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch., A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; — said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc., To make a feint, or mock attack. |
feize | verb t. | See Feeze, v. t. |