(written) to pretend that you have a particular feeling or that you are ill, tired, etc:
[VN] He survived the massacre by feigning death. * 'Who cares?' said Alex, feigning indifference. * 'A present for me?' she asked with feigned surprise. [also Vtoinf]
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for feign is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is feign a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, feign is tagged as verb.
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