feign 音标拼音: [f'en]
vt . 假装,装作
vi . 作假
假装,装作作假
feign v 1 :
make believe with the intent to deceive ; "
He feigned that he was ill "; "
He shammed a headache " [
synonym : {
feign }, {
sham },
{
pretend }, {
affect }, {
dissemble }]
2 :
make a pretence of ; "
She assumed indifference ,
even though she was seething with anger "; "
he feigned sleep " [
synonym :
{
simulate }, {
assume }, {
sham }, {
feign }]
Feign \
Feign \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Feigned };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Feigning }.] [
OE .
feinen ,
F .
feindre (
p .
pr .
feignant ),
fr .
L .
fingere ;
akin to L .
figura figure ,
and E .
dough .
See {
Dough },
and cf . {
Figure }, {
Faint }, {
Effigy }, {
Fiction }.]
1 .
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 .
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1913 Webster ]
There are no such things done as thou sayest ,
but thou feignest them out of thine own heart . --
Neh .
vi .
8 .
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The poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees ,
stones ,
and floods . --
Shak .
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2 .
To represent by a false appearance of ;
to pretend ;
to counterfeit ;
as ,
to feign a sickness . --
Shak .
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3 .
To dissemble ;
to conceal . [
Obs .] --
Spenser .
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36 Moby Thesaurus words for "
feign ":
act ,
act a part ,
affect ,
assume ,
bluff ,
counterfeit ,
cover up ,
dissemble ,
dissimulate ,
do a bit ,
dramatize ,
fake ,
four -
flush ,
gammon ,
histrionize ,
let on ,
let on like ,
make a pretense ,
make as if ,
make believe ,
make like ,
make out like ,
overact ,
play ,
play a part ,
play a scene ,
play possum ,
playact ,
pretend ,
profess ,
put on ,
put on airs ,
sham ,
simulate ,
tug the heartstrings ,
wear
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