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Definition of Feign
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Feign
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. Related Definitions:
Actual, And, Appearance, As, By, Conceal, Counterfeit, Dissemble, Existence, False, Feign, Form, Give, Hence, If, Imagine, Invent, Mental, Not, Of, Or, Pretend, Real, Relate, Represent, Sickness, Something, To, True |
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Feign Quotations
I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they'll run the other way. Hedy Lamarr There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience. Marquis de Sade Cases of sickness made up a very small percentage which in my opinion was normal. However, propaganda pamphlets dropped from aircraft were telling the workers to feign illness, and detailed instructions were given to them on how to do it. Albert Speer Something stopped me in school a little bit. Anything that I'm not interested in, I can't even feign interest. Quentin Tarantino If U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned. Ward Churchill |
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Feign Translations
feign in Danish is foregive feign in Dutch is fingeren, simuleren, doen alsof feign in German is simulieren, fingiere, heucheln feign in Norwegian is late som feign in Portuguese is finja feign in Spanish is fingir |
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