feign.html - v.
1 tr. simulate; pretend to be affected by (feign madness).
2 tr. archaic invent (an excuse etc.).
3 intr. indulge in pretence. [ME f. feign- stem of OF feindre f. L fingere mould, contrive]

feign.html - v.
1 tr. simulate; pretend to be affected by (feign madness).
2 tr. archaic invent (an excuse etc.).
3 intr. indulge in pretence. [ME f. feign- stem of OF feindre f. L fingere mould, contrive]

feign.html - v.
1 tr. simulate; pretend to be affected by (feign madness).
2 tr. archaic invent (an excuse etc.).
3 intr. indulge in pretence. [ME f. feign- stem of OF feindre f. L fingere mould, contrive]

feign.html - n.
1 any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Feijoa, bearing edible guava-like fruit.
2 this fruit. [mod.L f. J. da Silva Feijo, 19th-c. Sp. naturalist]

feign.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a sham attack or blow etc. to divert attention or fool an opponent or enemy.
2 pretence.

--v.

intr. make a feint. [F feinte, fem. past part. of feindre FEIGN]

feign.html - adj.
esp. Printing = FAINT adj.
6 (feint lines). [ME f. OF (as FEINT(1)): see FAINT]