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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. pretending with intention to deceive;
[syn: pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling]

2. the act of giving a false appearance;
- Example: "his conformity was only pretending"
[syn: pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Feign \Feign\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feigned; p. pr. & vb. n. Feigning.] [OE. feinen, F. feindre (p. pr. feignant), fr. L. fingere; akin to L. figura figure,and E. dough. See Dough, and cf. Figure, Faint, Effigy, Fiction.] 1. 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. [1913 Webster] There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. --Neh. vi. 8. [1913 Webster] The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To represent by a false appearance of; to pretend; to counterfeit; as, to feign a sickness. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To dissemble; to conceal. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Feigning \Feign"ing\, a. That feigns; insincere; not genuine; false. -- Feign"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

feigning n 1: pretending with intention to deceive [syn: pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling] 2: the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending" [syn: pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning]