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FEIGN, 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. Nehemiah 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. 2 Samuel 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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Entry for 'Feign'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​f/feign.html.
 
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