Associations to the word «Feign»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
FEIGN, verb. To make a false copy or version of; to counterfeit.
FEIGN, verb. To imagine; to invent; to pretend.
FEIGN, verb. To make an action as if doing one thing, but actually doing another, for example to trick an opponent.
FEIGN, verb. To hide or conceal.
Dictionary definition
FEIGN, verb. Make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache".
FEIGN, verb. Make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.