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Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: feindre, from Latin fingere 'to shape, pretend'

feign

 verb
     
feign [transitive] formal
to pretend to have a particular feeling or to be ill, asleep etc:
Feigning a headache, I went upstairs to my room.
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